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HASTINGS, N.Y. – Hastings police are still investigating a fatal car accident on Warburton Avenue that killed a 39-year-old Bronx man .
Mario Moreno was working outside RiverView Catering on Friday when he was struck by a car that crashed through a fence, then went over an 80-foot embankment and landed near the Metro North railroad track. Police have not determined what caused the crash.
"Nothing has been ruled out because everything is still under investigation," Sgt. Andy Hayden said in a statement on Friday night. "Speed is a part of the investigation."
Police were unavailable on Saturday.
Moreno had worked for RiverView for 15 years and was preparing the catering hall for a party when he was struck.
Police have not identified the driver, but said no charges are being filed at this time. Officials said the driver was able to get out of his car safely after the crash and climb back up the embankment.
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Skip to comments.Chuck Hagel is Weak on Jihad and Terrorism
Posted on 01/08/2013 9:35:54 AM PST by LSUfan
President Obama has selected one of the worst possible candidates imaginable to become Secretary of Defense. Chuck Hagel has a history of being weak on Jihad and terrorism, the greatest threat to American lives and national security today.
Hagels nomination should become a teaching moment. Just because someone served honorably in the uniform of the United States military or has an R instead of a D after his name, does not automatically mean that the person is strong on national security policy.
Chuck Hagel is as bad on the threat of Jihadist terrorism as anyone in America. Not only has he been on the wrong side of votes on the issue, but his votes demonstrate a lack of commitment on the issue, as well a tendency to enable Jihad
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Why do you think The Won selected him?
No surprise there! His boss loooovvvvveeeesss his middle eastern buddies and doesn't want to do anything to get them mad.
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E.L. Doctorow, prize-winning novelist and Glucksman Professor in American Letters, has been elected to the American Philosophical Associaton, the oldest learned society in the U.S.
Fabio Piano, biologist and associate professor at NYU's Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, was selected by the National Human Genome Research Institute to lead one of the teams charged with decoding the genome. The award will create a consortium of scientists who will collaborate in a four-year, $57 million scientific endeavor to understand every part of the genome needed for organisms to develop and thrive.
Martin Guggenheim '71, the Fiorella LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law, has won the Livingston Hall Award of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, which honors lawyers who have demonstrated a high degree of skill, commitment and professionalism practicing in the juvenile delinquency field.
Madeline Naegle, Nursing, has been appointed to serve as a Peer Reviewer for the J. W. Fulbright Senior Specialists Program (2007-2008). Working with the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Dr. Naegle will serve on the Public/Global Health Peer Review Committee to identify candidates from around the United States for short-term international exchange opportunities in institutions of higher education and government agencies around the world.
Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was recently presented with a James Beard Foundation Award for best food reference book of 2006 for What to Eat (North Point Press/Farra, Straus, Giroux). This is her third James Beard Foundation Award.
Randy Hertz, professor of clinical law and director of clinical and advocacy programs, was elected vice-chairperson of the American Bar Association's Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Hertz's one-year term begins in September 2007.
Richard Stewart, School of Law, is a finalist for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Acievement, the premier award for environmental science, energy and medicine, which is akin to the Nobel Prize for the environment.
The UN Human Rights Council appointed Philip Alston, School of Law, to an expert group on the Darfur crisis. The group has been asked to work with the Sudanese Government, African Union human rights mechanisms and others to promote respect for UN resolutions aimed at restoring respect for human rights. The group is requested to report in June.
The American Society for Legal History named Daniel Hulsebosch, School of Law, the winner of its first John Philip Reid Book Award for his recent work, Constituting Empire: New York and the Transformation of Constitutionalism in the Atlantic World, 1664-1830. This annual award, named for the prolific legal historian John Philip Reid, is for the best book published in English in any of the fields broadly defined as Anglo-American legal history.
Alexandra Leigh Joyner, School of Medicine, Spike Lee, Kanbar Institute, Tisch School of the Arts, Richard Revesz, School of Law, Stephen Schiffer, Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science, and Richard Sieburth, French and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts and Science, were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Finbarr Barry Flood, Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts and Science, and Ali Mirsepassi, Gallatin School of Indvidualized Study, have been named Carnegie Scholars by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie Scholars are appointed to pursue research advancing the strategic work of the corporation, studying themes focusing on Islam and the modern world.
Nicola Persico, Economics, Faculty of Arts and Science, was awarded the inaugural 2007 Carlo Alberto Medal, which recognizes an Italian economist under the age of 40 for his or her outstanding research contributions to the field. The award was given by the Collegio Carlo Alberto, a foundation created in 2004 by the Compagnia di San Paolo and the University of Torino. Its mission is to foster research and teaching in economics, finance, and political science.
Dorothy Durkin, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, was awarded the University Continuing Education Association's (UCEA) Walton S. Bittner citation for outstanding service to both NYU SCPS and UCEA, the principal organization for continuing education in the United States.
Joshua Tucker, Politics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, received the 2006 Emerging Scholar Award from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association. The award is given to the top scholar in the field within 10 years of the doctorate.
Elizabeth Capezuti, College of Nursing, has been awarded a $5.35 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies. The 5-year grant will help build the Nurses Improving Care to Healthsystem Elders Expansion Project.
Stefanie Russell, College of Dentistry, has been awarded a $250,000 grant from NIDCR/NIH to study Women's Oral Health.
Mathy Mezey, Nursing, has been awarded a $2.6 million grant for her project "How To Try This: Resources on Geriatric Assessment for Community College Nursing Programs.". In collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing, the project will create 30 instructional online videos based on the "Try This" older adult assessment series.
Lawrence Wright, a Fellow at the Center for Law and Security, School of Law, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for his book, The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Alfred A. Knopf).
Mark Gertler, Economics, and Paul Horwich, Philosophy, both of the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Annie-B Parson, Choreography, Tisch School of the Arts, received Guggenheim Fellowships, which are awarded to artists, scholars, and scientists for distinguished past achievements and exceptional promise of future accomplishments.
Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan, Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was awarded the Abel Prize in Mathematics by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for "his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations."
Andrew Kent, Physics, and Nadrian Seeman, Chemistry, both of the Faculty of Arts and Science, are part of a team of nine scholars from six universities that received a grant of $6 million over five years to exploit precise biological assembly techniques for the study of quantum electronic systems, which could have an impact on the development and understanding of future electronics.
Norman Dorsen, School of Law, received the Association of American Law Schools Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Law and Legal Education. He is the first recipient of this award that recognizes his contributions to the development of law and legal education.
Barbara Kirchenblatt-Gimblett, Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, was awarded a 2006 Jewish Book Award for Writing a Modern Jewish History: Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron (Yale University Press/The Jewish Museum), a collection of essays that she edited.
Henry McKean, Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, received the 2007 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the American Mathematical Society.
Larissa Bonfante, Classics, Faculty of Arts and Science, received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America. The award is given every year to a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to archaeology through his or her fieldwork, publications, and/or teaching.
Joan Breton Connelly, Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts and Science, received the Archaeological Institute of America's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, which is awarded every year to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in the teaching of archaeology and who has developed innovative teaching methods or interdisciplinary curricula.
Terry Harrison, Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Science, has been awarded the distinction of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his contributions to the understanding of primate and human evolution.
Zhen Zhang, Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, was awarded an honorable mention prize by the Modern Language Association of America, for her first book, An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937 (University of Chicago Press).
Richard Arum, Humanities and Social Sciences, Steinhardt School of Education, won a Fulbright New Century Scholars Award, to conduct a comparative study of the American and Israeli higher education systems during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Richard Sennett, University Professor, was named winner of the 2006 Hegel Prize, which is awarded by the German City of Stuttgart, for his lifetime of achivement in the humanities and social sciences.
John Brademas, President Emeritus, received the John Gardner Spirit award for "unparalleled dedication to public service" at Common Cause/NY's ninth annual "I Love an Ethical NY" awards ceremony recognizing outstanding citizens who are making a difference.
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, won the 2006 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize for her study, co-authored with Ioan Voicu, comparing the neighborhood spillover effects of city-supported rehabilitation of rental housing undertaken by nonprofit and for-profit developers. APPAM presents the award each year to recognize the best research article published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the association's flagship scholarly journal.
Frances Stage, Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology, Steinhardt School of Education, received the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Research Achievement Award. The award is presented for outstanding contribution to research for an individual whose published research advances understanding of higher education in a significant way.
Michael Beckerman, Music, Faculty of Arts and Science, won an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers for his contributions to The Secrets of Dvor?k's Cello Concerto.
Edo L. Kussell, Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science, was awarded a Burroughs Wellcome Grant for his work on the evolution of microbial physiologies.
Sibylle Fischer, Spanish and Portuguese, Faculty of Arts & Science, was awarded the 2006 Bryce Wood Award forModernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution. Fischer also received the Katherine Singer Kovacs Award for the outstanding book in Spanish and Latin American Literatures and Cultures 2005 (Modern Language Association), and the Frantz Fanon Prize 2005 (Caribbean Philosophical Association).
Amir Pnueli, Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was inducted as a member of the Academia Europaea, whose membership includes leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and congnitive sciences, economics and the law.
Evgeny Nudler, School of Medicine, received the National Institute of Health's Director's Pioneer Award which supports researchers who propose bold approaches to major questions in biomedicine.
David Dent, Journalism, Faculty of Arts & Science, received a Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism to explore the mental health challenges that many Hurricane Katrina survivors encountered while beginning new lives outside of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Finbarr Barry Flood, Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts & Science, received two one-semester fellowships from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Getty Research Institute to research and write a book on the theory and practice of iconoclasm in the Islamic world and in Euro-American representations of Islamic cultures.
Martin Pope, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Science, was awarded a Davy Medal by the Royal Society of London for the seminal discoveries made in the field of molecular electronics.
Michael Shelley, Mathematics and Neural Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, received the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Julian Cole Lectureship, which recognizes outstanding contributions in mathematics that characterize or offer solutions to problems in the biological or physical sciences, or in engineering.
Lawrence Weschler, Journalism, Faculty of Arts & Science, received the "Notable Essay" distinction from Best American Essays, 2005.
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, University Professor, Steinhardt School of Education, received the Order of the Mexican Aztec Eagle, the highest decoration awarded by the Mexican government. The award is given for extraordinary contributions to the understanding of and service to Mexico.
Karen Adolph, Psychology and Neural Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, received the MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award recognizes excellence in research over an extended period of time.


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Water in rivers, aquifers, and lakes naturally contains many dissolved materials,
depending on atmospheric inputs, geological conditions, and climate. These materials
define the waters chemical characteristics. Its biological characteristics
are defined by the flora and fauna within the water body, and temperature, sediment
load, and color are important physical characteristics. Water quality
is a function of chemical, physical, and biological characteristics but is a
value-laden term because it implies quality in relation to some standard. Different
uses of water have different standards. Pollution can be broadly defined as
deterioration of some aspect of the chemical, physical, or biological characteristics
of water (its quality) to such an extent that it impacts some use
of that water or ecosystems within the water. Major water pollutants include
organic material, which causes oxygen deficiency in water bodies; nutrients,
which cause excessive growth of algae in lakes and coastal areasknown
as eutrophication (leading to algal blooms, which may be toxic and consume large
amounts of oxygen when decaying); and toxic heavy metals and organic compounds.
The severity of water pollution is governed by the intensity of pollutants and
the assimilation capacity of receiving water bodieswhich depends on the
physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of streamflow but not
all pollutants can be degraded, however.
Chemical river water quality is a function of the chemical load applied to
the river, water temperature, and the volume of flow. The load is determined
by catchment geological and land-use characteristics, as well as by human activities
in the catchment: Agriculture, industry, and public water use also may result
in the input of polluting substances. Agricultural inputs are most
likely to be affected by climate change because a changing climate might alter
agricultural practices. A changing climate also may alter chemical processes
in the soil, including chemical weathering (White and Blum, 1995). Avila et
al. (1996) simulated a substantial increase in base cation weathering rates
in Spain when temperature and precipitation increased (although if precipitation
were reduced, the effects of the higher temperature were offset). This, in turn,
resulted in an increase in concentrations of base cations such as calcium, sodium,
and potassium and an increase in streamwater alkalinity. Warmer, drier conditions,
for example, promote mineralization of organic nitrogen (Murdoch et al., 2000)
and thus increase the potential supply to the river or groundwater. Load also
is influenced by the processes by which water reaches the river channel. Nitrates,
for example, frequently are flushed into rivers in intense storms following
prolonged dry periods.
River water temperature depends not only on atmospheric temperature but also
on wind and solar radiation (Orlob et al., 1996). River water temperature will
increase by a slightly lesser amount than air temperature (Pilgrim et al., 1998),
with the smallest increases in catchments with large contributions from groundwater.
Biological and chemical processes in river water are dependent on water temperature:
Higher temperatures alone would lead to increases in concentrations of some
chemical species but decreases in others. Dissolved oxygen concentrations are
lower in warmer water, and higher temperatures also would encourage the growth
of algal blooms, which consume oxygen on decomposition.
Streamwater quality, however, also will be affected by streamflow volumes,
affecting both concentrations and total loads. Carmichael et al. (1996), for
example, show how higher temperatures and lower summer flows could combine in
the Nitra River, Slovakia, to produce substantial reductions in dissolved oxygen
concentrations. Research in Finland (Frisk et al., 1997; Kallio et al., 1997)
indicates that changes in stream water quality, in terms of eutrophication and
nutrient transport, are very dependent on changes in streamflow. For a given
level of inputs, a reduction in streamflow might lead to increases in peak concentrations
of certain chemical compounds. Cruise et al. (1999) simulated increased concentrations
of nitrate in the southeast United States, for example, but the total amount
transported from a catchment might decrease. Hanratty and Stefan (1998) simulated
reductions in nitrate and phosphate loads in a small Minnesota catchment, largely
as a result of reductions in runoff. Alexander et al. (1996) suggest that nutrient
loadings to receiving coastal zones would vary primarily with streamflow volume.
Increased streamflow draining toward the Atlantic coast of the United States
under many scenarios, for example, would lead to increased nutrient loadings.
An increased frequency of heavy rainfall would adversely affect water quality
by increasing pollutant loads flushed into rivers and possibly by causing overflows
of sewers and waste storage facilities. Polluting material also may be washed
into rivers and lakes following inundation of waste sites and other facilities
located on floodplains.
Water temperature in lakes responds to climate change in more complicated ways
because thermal stratification is formed in summer, as well as in colder regions
in winter. Meyer et al. (1999) evaluated the effect of climate change on thermal
stratification by simulation for hypothetical lakes. They show that lakes in
subtropic zones (about latitude 30 to 45°) and in subpolar zones (latitude
65 to 80°) are subject to greater relative changes in thermal stratification
patterns than mid-latitude or equatorial lakes and that deep lakes are more
sensitive than shallow lakes in the subtropic zones. Hostetler and Small (1999)
simulated potential impacts on hypothetical shallow and deep lakes across North
America, showing widespread increases in lake water temperature slightly below
the increase in air temperature in the scenarios used. The greatest increases
were in lakes that were simulated to experience substantial reductions in the
duration of ice cover; the boundary of ice-free conditions shifted northward
by 10° of latitude or more (1,000 km). Fang and Stefan (1997) show by simulation
that winter stratification in cold regions would be weakened and the anoxic
zone would disappear. Observations during droughts in the boreal region of northwestern
Ontario show that lower inflows and higher temperatures produce a deepening
of the thermocline (Schindler et al., 1996).
The consequences of these direct changes to water quality of polluted water
bodies may be profound, as summarized by Varis and Somlyody (1996) for lakes.
Increases in temperature would deteriorate water quality in most polluted water
bodies by increasing oxygen-consuming biological activities and decreasing the
saturation concentration of dissolved oxygen. Hassan et al. (1998a,b) employed
a downscaled climate model combined with GCM output to predict future stratification
for Suwa Lake, Japan, on a daily basis, as well as for the prolonged summer
stratification period. They predict increased growth of phytoplankton and reduced
dissolved oxygen concentrations at different depths in the lake. Analysis of
past observations in Lake Biwa in Japan (Fushimi, 1999) suggests that dissolved
oxygen concentrations also tend to reduce when air (and lake water) temperature
is higher.
Water quality in many rivers, lakes, and aquifers, however, is heavily dependent
on direct and indirect human activities. Land-use and agricultural practices
have a very significant effect on water quality, as do management actions to
control point and nonpoint source pollution and treat wastewaters discharged
into the environment. In such water bodies, future water quality will be very
dependent on future human activities, including water management policies, and
the direct effect of climate change may be very small in relative terms (Hanratty
and Stefan, 1998). Considerable effort is being expended in developed and developing
countries to improve water quality (Sections 4.5 and 4.6),
and these efforts will have very significant implications for the impact of
climate change on water quality.
Confidence in estimates of change in water quality is determined partly by
climate change scenarios (and their effects on streamflow), but additional uncertainty
is added by current lack of detailed understanding of some of the process interactions
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Turtles Disrupt Air Traffic at New York's JFK Airport [VIDEO]
Most of us have experienced flight delays, but probably none like this! Flights were temporarily halted at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday morning after about 150 turtles ambled onto a runway. JetBlue first tweeted news of the slowdown: "JFK is experiencing delays as the airport clears turtles off the runway."
Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico said flights were delayed only about 15 minutes.
"We had about 150 turtles coming out of the bay this morning," said Marsico. "They crossed the runway to a sandy beach area to lay their eggs."
The diamondback terrapin turtles were gathered on runway 4L, plus nearby taxiways, starting at about 6:45 a.m.
The turtle migration occurs annually at the airport, which is located near Jamaica Bay. The turtles typically head out of the bay to nest on the beach each summer. Marisco added that "staff has been out there since quarter to 7 this morning relocating them."
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lacks authority over futures contracts, a U.S. appeals court ruled, handing a victory to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and an ex-Amaranth Advisors LLC trader fined $30 million by FERC.
Congress intended to centralize oversight of futures contracts in the CFTC, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said today. It brushed aside FERC's contention that the two agencies share jurisdiction over aspects of energy markets that allowed FERC to fine trader Brian Hunter for alleged market manipulation.
"FERC lacks jurisdiction to charge Hunter with manipulation of natural-gas futures contracts," U.S. Circuit Judge David Tatel wrote for a three-judge panel. The Commodity Exchange Act gives the CFTC, which joined the case against FERC, "exclusive jurisdiction," he said.
The case highlights a turf battle between the two agencies developing at least in part from expanded powers Congress granted FERC in 2005 to regulate energy trading in the wake of blackouts in California triggered by Enron Corp. traders.
FERC had argued that the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction over regulating futures contracts and futures markets doesn't extend to manipulation.
Dropped Fine
The ruling returns the case to FERC, where Hunter's fine will be thrown out, according to Suedeen Kelly, a FERC commissioner at the time the case was filed.
"Purely from the perspective of the traders it's a good thing," said Kelly, an attorney with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Washington.
They will no longer have to worry about competing regulatory demands from two agencies, she said.
At an appeals court hearing on Feb. 7, Robert Solomon, a FERC lawyer, argued that "market manipulation transactions go beyond mere futures trading and involves conduct in several markets." If the transactions have "a direct and profound effect on physical natural gas markets then FERC does have a role."
In such circumstances, as in the Hunter case, both agencies would have authority, Solomon said.
Steve Adamske, a spokesman for the CFTC, and Tamara Young Allen, spokeswoman for FERC, declined to comment on the ruling.
'Unjustly Vilified'
Hunter's attorney, Michael Kim, of Kobre & Kim LLP, said in a statement that "FERC unjustly vilified Mr. Hunter for years, but in fact it was the FERC which had acted outside the law."
Hunter dumped large numbers of contracts within the last 30 minutes of trading in an effort to drive down the closing price of the futures, according to court documents. The move benefited Amaranth's larger opposing positions in off-exchange derivatives, regulators said.
Amaranth lost $6.6 billion betting on the price of natural gas. The Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund that once controlled half of the gas market collapsed in 2006. In August 2009, the company agreed to pay $7.5 million to end U.S. cases brought by FERC and the CFTC over price manipulation.
On April 11, a federal judge in Manhattan gave final approval to a $77.1 million settlement by Amaranth to resolve a class action brought by traders.
Administrative Case
FERC filed an administrative case against Hunter the day after the CFTC brought a civil enforcement action against him in federal court in Manhattan over the same trading. FERC ordered him to pay $30 million in penalties, ruling he manipulated the price of contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange in 2006 while boosting the value of financial derivatives.
The CFTC's case against Hunter was put on hold in January 2012 after Hunter sued to challenge FERC's authority in the matter, according to court records.
FERC, with an enforcement staff of 200 people, hasn't backed down in its oversight. The agency's staff on Jan. 28 proposed $488 million in penalties for Barclays Plc and four former traders for allegedly gaming the electricity markets. The London-based bank has vowed to challenge the matter in court.
An energy-trading unit of Deutsche Bank AG on Jan. 22 agreed to pay FERC's proposed penalty of $1.6 million for alleged violations, rather than fight the matter in court. The agency is also investigating a JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit for alleged manipulation and has suspended its electricity-trading authority for six months starting in April.
Today's decision doesn't directly impact those cases because they don't involve futures, Kelly, of Akin Gump, said.
The case is Hunter v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 11-1477, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (Washington).
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By Michael Maune
Title: Robert C. Thompson papers, 1947-1969
Primary Creator: Thompson, Robert
Extent: 0.8 Cubic feet. More info below.
The Papers are organized into three form series:
1. Photographs and Negatives, circa 1940s (0.3 cubic feet)
The photographs document student dormitories, special events, various campus buildings, and aircraft at the Purdue Airport. Aerial shots of campus are included. A house and bridge construction is also featured. Many photographs are paired with their negatives. Original order of the photographs is retained.
2. Publications, 1947-1969 (0.3 cubic feet)
The publications include student rules, Purdue 75th anniversary souvenir magazine, and student-produced publications. The student publications include literary booklets, a humor magazine, and a mechanical engineering magazine. One publication is oversized. Materials in the series are arranged in alphabetical order.
3. Artifacts, 1948 (0.2 cubic feet)
The artifacts document Thompson's study of mechanical engineering, illustrating work he completed in a machine shop course. They include small brass and aluminum shapes and an electric lamp.
Date Acquired: 02/23/1998
Subjects: Mechanical engineering, Mechanical engineering--Study and teaching, Purdue University--Alumni and alumnae
Forms of Material: Artifacts (Object genre), Black-and-white photographs
Languages: English
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering--Study and teaching
Purdue University--Alumni and alumnae
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: 1 mss box, 1 oversize folder, 1 file box
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to researchers.
Acquisition Source: Robert Thompson
Acquisition Method: Donation
Related Materials: MSA 252, Granville C. Thompson papers, 1921-1943
Preferred Citation: MSA 253, Robert Thompson papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Processing Information: Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained. All materials have been housed in polyester sleeves, acid-free folders, and acid-free boxes.


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SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for four men missing from a fishing trawler off the Washington coast, saying it's unlikely the men are still alive.
Rescue crews had searched through the night after an early Saturday distress signal from the 70-foot Lady Cecelia led them to a debris field, an empty lifeboat and an oil sheen several miles off the coast.
By Sunday morning, crews in Coast Guard cutters and an MH-60 helicopter had covered 640 square miles, Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said.
"We have searched far beyond what the capacity of somebody to survive in these conditions might be," he said.
Coast Guard officials are unsure what happened to the Lady Cecelia. Eggert said he had no details on the debris found off the coast, or whether the vessel was still intact.
The lifeboat found by rescuers had no identifying marks, but Eggert said it's "extremely likely" the raft was from the Lady Cecelia since no other boats in the area reported losing such a craft.
He also noted that contrary to previous reports, the life raft was fully inflated and in usable condition.
The Coast Guard identified the four missing men as 42-year-old Dave Nichols and 38-year-old Jason Bjaranson of Warrenton, Ore.; 25-year-old Chris Langel of Kaukauna, Wis.; and 22-year-old Luke Jensen of Ilwaco, Wash.
The fishing vessel has a home port in Warrenton, Ore., and is registered to Dale Kent of Bay City, Ore.
Kent, who is 80 years old and deaf, could not immediately provide a statement to The Associated Press on Sunday. But his grandson Caleb McKinney said Kent had fished on the vessel for 21 years.
"He was close to the captain and most of the crew," McKinney said.
Langel was onboard as an observer to monitor the vessel's catch. He was employed by Saltwater Inc., which is based in Anchorage, Alaska, but also has an office in Seattle.
The Lady Cecelia was first registered in Oregon in 1991.
Overnight weather off the southern Washington coast consisted of a slowly moving front that created moderate waves but not stormy conditions.
A buoy located 20 nautical miles off the Washington coast recorded water temperatures of 43 degrees at 4 a.m. Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard said one of its helicopters brought four people to safety after their commercial vessel went aground near Newport, Ore. The vessel was reported aground on the south jetty at Yaquina Bay at about 5 p.m. Saturday.


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Calypto Design Systems is having quite a year. First the company announced that 2013 was its highest revenue period ever; then they announced that new offices have been opened in Korea; and most recently, Calypto named long-time EDA exec Mark Milligan as Vice President of Marketing. Previously, Milligan served as VP of Marketing at CoWare and VirtualLogix, VP of Marketing for Functional Verification at Synopsys, and VP of Corporate Marketing at SpringSoft before it was acquired by Synopsys.
Given this level of activity, it was interesting to sit down recently and talk in person with Calypto CEO Sanjiv Kaul, an articulate and energetic spokesman for the company. We started with Cadence's recent purchase of Forte Design Systems.
Kaul said, "Cadence bought Forte because high-level synthesis is going mainstream, and we think we are well positioned to take advantage of that. Integration between Catapult C [Calypto's HLS synthesis tool, acquired from Mentor Graphics in 2011] and our Formal tool is what the market needs today."


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The American Film Institute hogged another 3 hours of network television time last night to countdown a bunch more self-important films in a self-important industry dominated by a self-important country. Last night's obsession was 10 genre-based Top 10 lists of really, really great movies. Rah, rah America, mom, 'n apple pie. Now, once and for all, we know what the top Sci-Fi movie of all time is. How did we ever live without the knowing? No doubt like apes dancing around an obelisk. Oooooo, and who would've doubted Raging Bull as the number 1 contenda for best sports movie evah? My poor Bull Durham-y heart.
Gack, I shouldn't be so cynical about these lists. I love movies: those from America and those from beyond. I don't even mind the pseudo-drama created by countdown lists. I LIVED my teen years debating Q107's top rock albums/singles OF ALL TIME, lists that dominated the radio and my family's conversation each New Year's Day. Me-then-Mad would've wrestled you to the ground if you doubted the supremacy of Dark Side of the Moon for even a second.
No I don't hate movies and lists. What I hate is the friggin' Hollywood engine that drives film supremacy at the expense of other artistic genres. Neither my local paper nor the local TV news offers any arts reporting anymore. It's all syndicated feeds designed to sell movies and the star engine behind them. Movies aren't even reviewed; some slick sounding guy simply describes the plot in a wormy way designed to make you rip your mouth open on the hook. Then the American Film Institute comes along and, essentially, buys a three-hour movie commercial and passes it off as television programming. Grrr.
Late last week, a former teacher and mentor of mine passed away at the age of 81. By the time I landed in his Canadian Literature class in 1987, James Reaney was already as crazy as a loon. He would block the door with a chair precisely at the stroke of 2 so that any late comers would be humiliated upon entering the room. He would, out of the blue, draw maps of South-Western Ontario on the blackboard and then quiz us as to the names of all the counties. "You must know the place you stand in," he would say. He would point out the window and woe betide you if you couldn't identify the species of tree he was pointing at. Once, he gave us an unidentified sight poem to analyze and told us that the result would be worth 10% of our grade. A week later he handed back the assignments. We had all failed. "I should know," he quipped. "I wrote the poem."
It didn't matter how off he sometimes seemed in class. Rumour had it he didn't cope well around the time of year that his 12-year-old son had died. Truth was, he rarely coped well in class. That didn't mean he wasn't inspirational. We all saw the spark of genius in him and he made me, for one, want to prove to him that I had a spark as well. At times, he almost made me believe I did.
None of what I've written matters, really. Professor Reaney's class is nothing but a distant memory. What matters is that he wrote a trilogy of plays in the mid-1970s that are, in my opinion, the greatest literary works to have come out of Canada. Too bold a statement? How about if I say they are the greatest plays ever to have been written and produced in Canada. Do you know them? Sticks and Stones, The St. Nicholas Hotel, Wm Donnelly Prop., and Handcuffs. Combined, they are his retelling of the story of the Black Donnellys of Lucan Ontario. The Donnellys were a scrappy Irish Catholic family that ran a stage coach business in direct competition with a Protestant family in rual, Protestant Ontario. They seemed to get into no end of mischief which is why we may never know why a mob of townsfolk stormed their house in February 1880 and murdered 5 members of the family before burning their house.
In Reaney's hands this Ontario gothic tale is pure poetry and movement. The sets in the plays call for little more than ladders and crates. The language dances. The themes are epic pinned to a small landscape. Reaney breathes unison and crescendo into the word ensemble in a way that I've not seen matched elsewhere. This trilogy is critically acknowledged as some of the best and most influential drama to come out of this country. Have you seen any one of them produced?
Most of you will answer no to this question. Damn you, American Film Institute. You're like a big old Protestant lynch mob descending on what I consider sacred.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sticks and stones
The American Film Institute hogged another 3 hours of network television time last night to countdown a bunch more self-important films in a self-important industry dominated by a self-important country. Last night's obsession was 10 genre-based Top 10 lists of really, really great movies. Rah, rah America, mom, 'n apple pie. Now, once and for all, we know what the top Sci-Fi movie of all time is. How did we ever live without the knowing? No doubt like apes dancing around an obelisk. Oooooo, and who would've doubted Raging Bull as the number 1 contenda for best sports movie evah? My poor Bull Durham-y heart.
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- painted maypole said...
i hear you on this
and funny, you're the 2nd person to mention the AFI thing today, and the friend I was on the phone with last night had it on TV. I was FINALLY watching the end of the Tony's (it took me 3 nights. I'm busy. And TIRED)
Great last paragraph
AFI spends a lot of time kissing ass. It has no meaning.
- flutter said...
Hollywood pats itself on the back about every 37 seconds. Don't think all yer hillbilly neighbors to the south dig it though, k? ;p
- Mimi said...
I recently heard a tribute to Reaney and his work on As It Happens: very moving and intriguing. Can you believe I've not read the plays? Ack. Mind you, I don't watch movies much either. Totally out of the loop.
- kittenpie said...
The plays sound fascinating. I'll be keeping my eyes open for them now.
And all those lists, well, they are only so much hype and opinion, and really, I don't pay attention any more. Who has time for many movies, anyhow? If I've missed some great ones, I won't have time to go back and catch them for a long time to come, anyhow.
- womaninawindow said...
Huh, I didn't even notice AFI nor do I know the plays. Huh...I'm perfectly (un)balanced, I suppose.
I'm wondering if Mr. Reaney had some heavy influence on this post in other ways. You wrote it just like it might be graded. In that I mean it is just so damned smart!
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- Bon said...
i didn't know of Reaney, not at all. i think a trip to the local library is in order so i can better acquainted...partly for the way you describe the plays, partly for the way you describe the man and the classes. makes me nostalgic for those odd days of undergrad that i'd get so much more out of now. i'll send Dave to fetch.
I had the same experience taking a class from Romulus Linney in college. No one knows who he is, either (except Laura Linney's father), but he is a genius playwright.
- sweetsalty kate said...
This was the most amazing post...
- jen said...
self important? i can't fathom where you'd get an idea like that.
i mean, really. America is about as open and unassuming as they come. and our movies? it's really just a little side business. a distraction. you know, for oil and world domination. er, i mean, wait.
- Janet said...
What flutter said. And I have mucho experience with Protestant lynch mobs (I am SO right with you on the Dark Side of the Moon, but don't you know I was told on multiple occasions that that album and others like it would make me go straight to hell. I chose to take my chances.)
I'm going to find these plays - I am part of a theatre group, and we are always looking for good stuff.
- Janet said...
I'm familiar with the story of the Black Donnelly's but, sadly, not with Professor Reaney's plays.
I really liked this post.
- kgirl said...
because i am morbid, the story of the black donnelys is one of my favorites. chris is from sw ontario, and every time we go to his parents, i beg for a sidetrip to lucan. even though the grave marker no longer says 'murdered.'
i said i was morbid, right?
- Beck said...
I'll have you know that as a Protestant, we are much, much too busy having potlucks and singing ASTONISHINGLY lame hymns to lynch anyone these days.
I saw one of those while I was in university! I think it was Sticks and Stones, but I'm a bit fuzzy. And I'm so tired of movies - they're all big dumb amusement rides these days and I'm tired of big dumb amusement rides.
- nomotherearth said...
Are you telling me that you studied with THE James Reaney??
Jaw dropping.
Um, YEAH, I know who he is and what he wrote! Not much of a surprise, huh. In fact, I think one of my acting teachers was in the Toronto premiere. My friend (Blocks of Stone) grew up around that area and LOVES those plays. Loves. Ask me what her son's name is. Go on. Ask.
Ok, I am SO officially jealous now.
- ewe are here said...
The story of the Black Donnellys actually sounds like something I'd to see.
And I'm with you on Bull Durham ... extremely enjoyable movie. ;-)
- Bea said...
I thought of you when I read about his death in the paper. The article quoted someone from the department (I forget who now) mentioning Reaney's response to Jane Austen's Emma: "I loved the ducks at the end of that book." Or was it geese? Either way, poultry that nobody else actually notices in that novel.
- Julie Pippert said...
I'm afraid I'm a no. Sadly. But I can become a reading yes at least, maybe.
I can't imagine...it sounds thrilling. Why wouldn't it be produced?
I saw that was on but kids were up and so no TV. I have no idea the list but I feel the same way about as you: morbidly intrigued yet disdainful.
I liked Bull Durham.
But maybe I should not say since I think movies like Legally Blonde and Clueless rock. ;)
(I mean to archive dive after your cryptic comment to me.)
- Susanne said...
Thank you for the reminder that there is more to art than the same movies everybody watches.
A few days ago while flipping through TV channels my husband and I found Mozart's Idomeneo going on. It seemed a bit unreal that I a) had never seen Idemeneo before, b) could identify the director immediately though the last opera I saw was in the eighties, and c) it was broadcast live from a theater only about 25 km from where we live.
I'm really happy that there is still public television in Germany where one can see things different from mainstream Hollywood movies, and documentaries made to resemble a thriller.
- Kyla said...
This is one of those posts where I don't really know much about what you are writing about (the AFI thing or the professor's work)...but I still love the way you write about it all.
- Gwen said...
I love the cranky, thinky, sentimental Mad this post reveals.


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Strong NW winds in the Gulf of Mexico several days ago produced the best swell I have seen at Wiggins Pass since moving to SW Florida last summer. Yesterday the period was 9 seconds, the lines were clean and peeling, and the height was waist to occasionally head high. (Ok, maybe knee to occasionally chest high.) The wind angle was too offshore and the wind strength too light and flukey to effectively WindSUP it (though I tried), but it was great to regular SUP on the WindSUP 11'8" board. I spent about 3.5 hours out there.
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red tide going on, with dead fish on the beach and floating in the water. The mist from breaking waves burned your eyes and gave you asthma-like coughing. Now I have a sore throat and congestion.
I'm sure I'm not the only windsurfer to dumbly risk his health with waterborne toxins or pathogens because the conditions were too good to pass up. Does anyone else have similar stories?
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One year here in Southern Connecticut we had a very hot summer, and the temperature of the water in Long Island sound got so warm, that when the bluefish started to run, they chased all the bunker which they feed on into the shallow bays and harbors where they all suffocated. There were litterally millions of dead fish everywhere. It stunk to high heaven, and you could not go in the water for a long time. All the tourists were really pissin and moaning about the stench ruining their vacation, but what do you do witha few million dead fish? A fertilizer company could have made a killing! I did not go in the water for months.
Hope you are feeling better soon. We are having a good southwesterly here with winds 25-35 gusting 40+. Air temps around 45 ,water 41, a little chilly.
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As a kid (way back in the late 60's an early 70's), the red tide was fairly common along the Jersey shore beaches - probably the result from too much untreated sewage entering the waters - at least that's what I was always told. Anyway, when it wasn't too bad, the beaches would be open for swimming and I loved to ride the waves with these inflatable rubber mats with a rope strung around them - before boogie boards were invented. On the way home, I remember frequently having a sore throat in the car - not too bad but I remember having many of them. Despite the soar throat I always went home happy cause I had a blast - a day at the beach was always the best (and still is). Plus, we just stopped for ice cream and all was OK.
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From what I've read so far, the Florida Red Tides do not appear to be directly related to human activities like sewage pollution, in contrast with the red tides up North in New Jersey. (There are reports of fish kills and stuff in Tampa Bay even as far back as the Spanish explorers.) Of course that doesn't rule out the possibility that human impacts are making the Red Tides more frequent or longer lasting. A guy I work with at FGCU is an expert in Harmful Algal Blooms, so I'll ask him what he knows about this one. Hmm...
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james, you may want to explore what is too offshore with your windSUP. i've had fantastic rides with my long boards over the years with winds being nearly straight offshore. lotsa folks that have done short board wave sailing don't quite grasp how empowering long boards can be. next time it goes offshore, give it a go, you'll see. trick is to grab the wave from the upwind shoulder and race downwind in front of it. if you try from the peak, it's too late.... too bad about the red tide.
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Ingebritsen- I hear what you're saying about positioning at the shoulder so the slope of the wave is pushing you more across the wind as opposed to straight upwind.
My frustration the other day was that the wind was so light and the angle so offshore that I could barely track parallel to shore with the daggerboard up, let alone track at the 45 degrees or so towards the shore that I would need to catch a wave. A little more wind, a little more sideshore angle, or a little peakier waves would have made it easier to WindSUP.
As it was, though, the paddle SUP was pretty fun and easy.
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We get red tide periodically in South Texas. Here normally the likelihood of us sailing during red tide is inversely proportional to the number of recent good wind days. i.e. if we really need a fix, we'll sail regardless. We're also lucky enough to have several beaches, and since it usually doesn't strike everywhere at once, we can choose another launch to avoid it. I get the same symptoms you mentioned, watery eyes, respiratory irritation, etc, and it wears off once I'm out of the proximity. Sometimes it's strong enough to cut the session short. Since I don't have any preexisting allergies, though, I don't worry about it.
Your Wiggins Pass story sounds like my experience there a few years ago, minus the red tide. Nice little wave, but it was about 1-2 mph short of being able to sail.
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San Jose didn't send a player back to Toronto FC last week in exchange for the services of midfielder Sam Cronin, surrendering only allocation money.
But the Earthquakes made a sacrifice all the same as part of the deal, cutting loose midfielder Ramon Sanchez and third-string goalkeeper Andrew Weber on Tuesday in order to make sure they had enough space to fit Cronin's deal under their salary cap.
The moves had to be made before Thursday so that the remainder of the two contracts for Sanchez and Weber would not be guaranteed. Since the Quakes made room for Cronin by placing Andre Luiz on the disabled list instead of giving up a player, there was no salary-cap offset.
"Adding Sam Cronin, we needed to recoup some of the cost," Quakes general manager John Doyle told MLSsoccer.com. With the moves, "we'll be under the cap, with a little bit of cap space, and still have all of our allocation money."
Of the two decisions, Sanchez was more difficult for Doyle. The 28-year-old captain of El Salvador's national team was brought in midway through last season and started 10 of 11 matches for which he was available, helping stabilize the shaky Quakes.
This year, however, Sanchez has played only 83 minutes, logging less time in the midfield than MLS newcomer Joey Gjertsen and first-year pros Brad Ring and Steven Beitashour. Third-year player Brandon McDonald has been coach Frank Yallop's first choice in a holding role because McDonald has greater athleticism than Sanchez.
"Ramon's situation was tough," Doyle said. "It was tough to let him go. I think a lot of Ramon as a professional and as a person. I was pulling a lot for him to get back in the first team. He just wasn't able to do that."
The choice of Weber was not a huge surprise. The team had strongly considered going with just two goalkeepers this season, even before they scooped up veteran Jon Busch, who was released by Chicago Fire just before the Fire's season opener. Busch, who moved into the starting lineup last Friday, will remain with former No. 1 Joe Cannon.
"We're pretty happy with our two goalkeepers, and we think they can handle it," said Doyle, who also will probably target a young keeper in next year's SuperDraft.
With two roster spots open and allocation funds on hand, San Jose are now in a position to add talent during the mid-season transfer window that opens on July 15. The Quakes had former MLS midfielders Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick and Pablo Richetti in for training during the World Cup break, and while neither player is still in the team's plans, Doyle said, they're still searching for a veteran presence.
"I want to make sure we're fully loaded for the rest of the season," Yallop said. "We're going to make sure that we make the right moves."
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Doyle said he also has his eyes on two other players who could help the Quakes, although their availability remains a question. Unlike the previous two seasons, however, San Jose is in no rush to add players as soon as the transfer window opens.
"In years past, the first day, we had guys ready to go because we needed the help," Doyle said. "This year, we're in a pretty good position (in the standings) and have a deep team, so we're trying to be selective and get the right fit."
There also remains the possibility that the Quakes will hold onto their cash. Doyle is not expecting to collect much if any allocation money after this season, and knows he has "three or four" players already on the roster who are in line for a raise next year.
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My Journey through America's Self-Help Culture
Promise Land
My Journey through America's Self-Help Culture
Raised by a child psychologist who was himself the author of numerous self-help books, as an adult Jessica Lamb-Shapiro found herself both repelled and fascinated by the industry: did all of these books, tapes, weekend seminars, groups, posters, t-shirts, and trinkets really help anybody? Why do some people swear by the power of positive thinking, while others dismiss it as so many empty promises?
Promise Land is an irreverent tour through the vast and strange reaches of the world of self-help. In the name of research, Jessica attempted to cure herself of phobias, followed The Rules to meet and date men, walked on hot coals, and even attended a self-help seminar for writers of self-help books. But the more she delved into the history and practice of self-help, the more she realized her interest was much more than academic. Forced into a confrontation with the silent grief that had haunted both her and her father since her mother's death when she was a baby, she realized that sometimes thinking you know everything about a subject is a way of hiding from yourself the fact that you know nothing at all.
"A jaunty, cannily written memoir" (Chicago Tribune), Promise Land is cultural history from "a witty and enjoyably self-aware writer…Jessica Lamb-Shapiro's talent as a storyteller is undeniable" (The New York Times Book Review).
- Simon & Schuster |
- 240 pages |
- January 2015


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Let's imagine for a second that you're trying to get a date with George Clooney, I know it might be tough to do, but do it anyway and pretend you have a chance. The fact is, he's single and has plenty of options. Now, if you're hoping to court Clooney and get him interested, what's that "x-factor" that's going to get him to bite?
You're probably wondering, how does this apply to crafting a compelling About page for your ecommerce store? Simple, online consumers are the George Clooneys and they have way more options when it comes to shopping than ever before. Now it's your job to convince them to buy from you.
A lot of store owners end up underestimating the conversion potential of their About page. Have a look at your own Google Analytics and you'll find your About page is either the second most visited page or in the top three.
In fact, one study looking at an online store selling surf gear found that shoppers who visited their About page converted 30% higher than shoppers who didn't. Another study found that visitors to an About page were five times more likely to purchase a product, while spending on average 22.5% more on their purchases.
Now, there's no one size fits all solution to creating the perfect About page. It should be as unique as your brand, your products, and your story. But, there are some key elements you can put in place to establish a connection with your customers, build trust and ultimately boost conversions.
What's Your Story?
Your marketing story is the most critical component of your About page and it's why some of the most successful small businesses online have an "Our Story" page not an "About Us" page. In fact researchers have found that when people consumer stories, they're not just doing so passively, they're instead vicariously living the experiences they're reading about. Talk about engagement.
But maybe you're sitting there and thinking "I'm not a writer, I don't know what makes for a good story." Lucky for you, there are tried and tested common "story elements" that humans have become accustomed to picking up on through the ages. Some of you in fact may be familiar with Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," those of you who aren't can check out these neat video.
Stories that capture our attention will have the following elements:
- A protagonist(s) - The founding team or person behind the company
- An end goal - The mission/vision/values that drive your company
- An obstacle(s) - Things you've overcome personally or as a company and how
- A moral - What's the big takeaway of your story?
The other thing you want to think about is what really makes you unique or sets you apart from everyone else.
This could include any or all of the following:
- Your history
- Your values/mission statement/manifesto
- The way you source your products
- The way you manufacture your products
- Your founder or team
- Your work culture
Hopefully, you get the point, however to better illustrate what I mean, here are some solid examples from companies that know firsthand the benefits of telling their unique story. Hiut Denim Co. does an incredible job outlining the history behind why they started making jeans, while Black Milk Clothing founder James Lillis describes his "aha" moment that led to him starting his company. Both stories tug the heart strings and help make the companies more personal.
Hiut Denim Co.
Cardigan is a small town of 4,000 good people. 400 of them used to make jeans. They made 35,000 pairs a week. For three decades.
Then one day the factory closed. It left town. But all that skill and knowhow remained. Without any way of showing the world
what they could do.
That's why we have started The Hiut Denim Company. To bring manufacturing back home. To use all that skill on our doorstep. And to breathe new life into our town.
As one of the Grand Masters said to me when I was interviewing: "This is what I know how to do. This is what I do best." I just sat there thinking I have to make this work.
So yes, our town is going to make jeans again.
Here goes.
Black Milk Clothing
It was around this time I made my very first pair of leggings. I bought a tribal African print that I thought it would look great on legs. I drew up a pattern, cut it out and made a pair of leggings. I talked to a friend who had a friend who agreed to be a model for me to see if they fit. She put them on, and they were terrible. So I cut them again, and sewed them again. Slightly less terrible. I must have recut those things ten times…and finally, they fit.
It was at that point that something remarkable happened. Something…unexpected.
She asked if she could buy them.
Yeah, really.
She took out her wallet, gave me some money and walked off with my leggings. I couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the day. I was stunned - some girl was willing to actually pay money for clothes that I had made!
Complement Your Story with Images
Running or thinking about running an online store means you know the difference beautiful images can make in bringing a story come to life. You've heard it a million times but "a picture is worth a thousand words" is no where more relevant than helping visitors to your site connect with you and your online store. Based on the focal points of your story, you'll want to select images that best reflect and in turn compliment what you're trying to convey. Whether it's a primary header or hero image or a gallery, this alone will go a long way in establishing an emotional connection.
Two companies that do an effective job at this are Charlotte Lane and The Fudge House of Edinburgh. Charlotte Lane does this with fantastic photography of the founding couple, while the later provides mouth-watering images of how their fudge is made.
Charlotte Lane
The Fudge House of Edinburgh
Complement Your Story with a Video
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video might as well be worth a million. The emotional power of a video to give visitors a window into your story or company is unparalleled. It's as close as they can get to you other than sitting down with you for a cup of coffee and having you tell them the story yourself. This is one video you'll want to spend a little money on to get the videography, music, and look on point with your brand. You also probably want to keep it to under two minutes, ideally somewhere between a minute to a minute and a half is your sweet point.
Check out the following videos on the About pages of The Greats Brand and Langly:
The Greats Brand
Put a Face(s) to Your Brand
This ties back into to your story, maybe it's the people and how they came together to form your company that helps you stand apart. Even if it's not the cornerstone, a lot of times, consumers want to know who's behind a given brand, why did they decide to start this, or are they relatable. Which is why profiling your founder or your core team can be a great way to have your brand appear more approachable and personable.
For example, BeardBrand does a great job of outlining how the initial team met over one startup weekend and provides great portraits of each founding member. Another is The Dry Bar, which lists and profiles every single person in their organization.
The Dry Bar
Press Mentions and Testimonials
Another one of the most persuasive factors that can help drive purchasing decisions is the concept of "social proof", which essentially states that if we know and see others like us are purchasing or using something, we're more inclined to do the same.
So if you've got press mentions in publications that matter for your industry, make them apparent with the press logo, if you've got customer testimonials that will enhance your brand proposition, add them in as well. There's nothing like following the herd that takes the risk away from consumers visiting your online store for the first time. Below is a great example from Camila Prada:
The Almighty Footer
With your About page being one of the most effective weapons in your conversion arsenal, it's important to put calls to action at the bottom so that when people are done connecting with who you are as a brand, they can jump on the bandwagon. This means an email subscription box for your newsletter and social buttons to all of the major networks you're active on. That's how the love gets spread and news gets out.
The folks at Langly have it bang on once again as you can tell here:
There you have it, all these different jigsaw pieces make up the anatomy of a highly effective About page that not only gets you more sales but helps you connect with your customers for better retention and increased brand loyalty. If you have any other useful tips, be sure to mention them by commenting below.
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