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Hi all. I have been posting a lot more content lately, including daily tips from my travels on internet marketing. I've been rotating between here, DrivingSales, and DealerElite and wondered if that's the right approach.
I know many of us are members of those three and others and I personally don't like seeing duplicate posts across all of them. There are exceptions - industry news, webinars, poll questions, etc - but for the most part I write a post for one network and see what happens. I might repost the content on another network in the future if it's relevant, but I like to post one type of content here (anything controversial or "groundbreaking"), another type of content on DrivingSales (comprehensive How-To posts, normally), and something entirely different on DealerElite (quick, dealer-centric tips and tricks).
Am I crazy? Should I be posting everything on every network every time? I see more and more duplicate and/or regurgitated content hitting all of the networks at the same time. Is that the best way to go? It obviously makes for increased exposure of a message, but I don't believe that just because we're all automotive professionals that we go to each network for the same reasons.
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J. D. - I have done both, and tried variations based on certain content going to selected sites based on some type of reasoning on my part... This is certainly no secret to you and many others. I have at times posted content published exclusively on ADM, then syndicated the headline, first 200 characters and an image all packaged up with a link to a Facebook Profile, Page or Group along with a tweet linking back to the ADM article. I also routinely send blog posts by email to Posterous, Blogger, Wordpress and other blog platforms from my iPhone that do not appear on ADM... Sometimes I know that content has been posted to too many of my profiles and social media accounts, to the point where I have gone back and deleted the posts from my wall, profile, etc.
However, with all that said... Posting the same article or content to multiple auto industry specialized communities and forums, such as the four you identified, is a practice I have personally shied away from after doing it a lot several years ago. My feeling was that there was little positive to it and potentially a "respect" issue for the founders/operators of the other networks.
So... Obviously I have a biased perspective, but I do find myself doing a lot more of what you described, posting different types of content to different places based on the appropriateness of the fit.
I also find myself limiting content syndication activities to reduce the amount of duplicate email alerts sent to twitter followers, Facebook Group members, etc.
At any rate, you have raised a thought provoking issue with your post, and I appreciate it more than most people because I have done what you describe to extremes in every direction... One content in one place, one to many, copy and pasted duplicate content, syndicated to many, as well as to few.
Ultimately, just like managing content marketing for dealers, if those of us who publish to the automotive community do a better job of placing the right content in the right place in front of the right people, we will be more successful than those who simply shotgun content anywhere and everywhere. The problem with shotgunning everywhere is that we end up irritating the very people we are seeking to connect with.
I think you have the right method, personally, JD. I think there is a lot of cross-membership (if that's the right word) in all those communities and if the same thing is posted on all the sites, the only real value a blogger has to a particular site is the unique content posted to it.
When I worked in a dealership, I first joined the online community here on ADM. I didn't really visit any others so I was only exposed to the people in this community. I think, for the most part, that may be true for a lot of the dealership viewers. I could be wrong but I can guarantee you that IF they venture outside their first community, and all they see if the exact same content on all the other sites, they won't bother visiting them anymore, and just go back to the initial site they started on assuming that they aren't missing anything.
Now, I understand why people post on all the sites - exposure. You can still have exposure on all the sites, however. Just post unique content to each one, as you describe. I do, however, think you should mix-up your posts more than what you describe (these types of posts for that site, etc.) and post different types of stuff on every site. Maybe rotate through the sites, if you feel like it, and post your newest article on whatever site is on the "site up-list". The reason I say this is that Im sure (as I explained above) there are members of each site that DON'T go to the other sites so if you only post certain types of articles to a particular site, then that member would only get to see that side of you. In example, if you only post comprehensive "How-to" posts on DrivingSales, isn't that neglecting that there may be some ADM readers that need a "How-to" article? (You get my point.)
Either way, all your stuff is great and Im sure that every site is happy to have your content. This was just my 2 cents.
Arnold - Very nicely stated... We appreciate your insight.
Thanks, Ralph. :)
@Ralph - Syndication is good for exposure, particularly if you have smaller networks or niche networks through which to draw in the readers to the primary content. Full posts - that's the part that concerns me. At the very least I hope to post some things here, some things there, then re-expose them on the other networks spaced out over time.
I check the sites simultaneously in most situations. It's rare that I will check just one - I do my automotive industry checkups all at once. I may be odd, but it works for me. Love your style, Ralph - keep us informed!
@Manny - I would never be able to catch up to Grant. He's a rockstar. I'm a groupie :(
@Arnold - Right, right, right, and right. Agreed 100%.
Thanks, JD! You know what would be an interesting experiment though....
Take a long comprehensive how-to article and put "Part 1" on ADM, "Part 2" on DrivingSales, etc. so as to spread the whole article through all the sites.
It'll get you exposure on all the sites. Get unique content to all the sites.... and may bring new members to each site, as well (at the very minimum, interested viewers will follow the post).
I'd love to see how that played out.
I've done it twice. The first time it worked well - a 17-part article across all of the networks, big and small.
I did another a week or two ago - not as successful. It was probably because it was done about Twitter. Seems like dealers don't like Twitter much anymore. I did 7 good tips and fed them into each other with each leading to the next on a different site. It didn't track well - none of the videos got triple-digit views.
hmm.. ok then. That settles that. :)
I'm puzzled about this because when I post the same article on different sites, I get different people engaging on the article...with different perspectives.
The more frequent issue is posting an article with no feedback...except from industry vendors or insiders.
Meaning, you write a post to help dealers and the only people that respond are other community writers, community moderators, or vendors.
I recently shared this concern on another community site and the need for community to engage the content that is shared. Communities are a 2-way street. Oddly enough, the people that responded to the post, were mostly writers, moderators, and vendors...and very little dealers.
So, as much as we say the unique content rules, I would cringe at seeing who are the most frequent responders on any community...are there 30-50 people that make up 80% of all comments in any community that has 5,000+ members?
Brian, your post "may" be helping dealers even though they don't engage. I agree that, as a writer, it's nice to get feedback, comments and questions on blog posts but it's not always going to happen.
Oh to be Seth Godin... alas, there are not many people that can write a paragraph or two and have it go viral.. every day.
Brian - I have been studying the issue you describe for a long... long... time. You see the metrics from various sites, so I suspect you have noticed that the vast majority of unique visitors are NOT members. This site, for example gets between 10,000 to 25,000 unique visitors each month, with many of the member visitors entering the site over 20 times a month. BUT, there are months where I feel confident in saying that over 10,000 unique visitors are not members, and they cannot comment or post unless they complete a very long and arduous registration process designed to weed out the spammers and less committed visitors... Plus, new members must be approved before they can comment or post, and ADM averages about 5 member applicants a week who are not accepted because of blatantly bogus membership profile data.
With all that said, beside the fact that getting somebody who is working hard to sell and service cars to take time to contribute typed in content is difficult, to say the least, a lot of people in the business simply cannot be bothered with doing what it takes to be authorized to contribute... And it is so much easier to simply glean out anything useful and give nothing back in return.
I have found from personal experience that for the most part, the people in the auto business who contribute their time and energy to share lessons learned, experience and insights on ADM or any other online community, are generally some of what I consider to be the best people in the car business.
It is a process of self selection... The 80% who take, do so without shame, guilt or being identified... While the 20% who give back to their professional community do so without malice or hostility to the 80% who don't.
Who would you want to work with?
I want to work with all of you guys. Then again, I'm biased.
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Good Evening all! I really don't like Mondays!! Since my son started pre-k in April I'm always the first one up in the morning and the last one to go to bed in the evening. Some nights I'm only getting 5 hours sleep so when that alarm goes off I want to beat it with a bat!!!
This morning my son was up early had breakfast so I allowed him to hang out and watch TV on my bed while I read and answered some emails. I looked up at the clock and it was 8:15am OMG the bus comes 8:20/25am and he wasn't dressed yet!
I pulled the 3 1/2 year old out of bed and got him dressed super fast!! We were downstairs with a few minutes to spare and I was able to get my morning "cheesy" picture of him. He says he's a good "cheeser"...just love the cute things he says.
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Some observers weren't so sure after the battle over affordable housing played out between Daley and many of his doubters earlier this month in the Chicago City Council. On its face, the notion of requiring most new housing developments to reserve at least 10% of their space for people earning less than the city's median income of $75,000, as Daley and his backers proposed, would seem like a good idea. But while the ordinance would create an estimated 1,000 new affordable housing units each year, critics say it isn't nearly enough to help Daley fulfill his ambitious promise made more than four years ago. Why not set aside 15% and lower the income threshold to $60,000, opponents urged in a fight bitter enough to force a special City Council meeting.
Daley, sworn in Monday to his record sixth term, ended up easily getting his way. But the victory riled some critics of his campaign against homelessness, who feel that Daley's promise made just before the 2003 elections has been as much about politics as policy, a showpiece meant to win favor in a city of favors, and help bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the city.
Forcing the special meeting played directly to the Mayor's hand, since it came before a new council took office, including many aldermen who ran on a platform of higher wages and more affordable housing. Daley warned the new council Monday not to let the politics of yesteryear, of famously angry council wars, infiltrate the new body. But there is far more independence in the 50-member chamber now, with nine newcomers, including the wife of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. And many are promising to hold Daley firm on his twin promises to wipe out homelessness and create affordable housing, even as public housing projects are being rapidly demolished and vanishing from the cityscape.


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THAI is primary carrier to transport relief aid to Nepal
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) is a primary carrier assisting in the transport of rescue aid to Nepal following the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal on 25 April 2015, by supporting the government sector to send medical teams, rescue teams, and relief supplies to those affected by the earthquake.
Mr. Charamporn Jotikasthira, THAI President, said that THAI is a primary carrier to transport relief aid, medical personnel, and provide rescue assistance to people in Nepal by cooperating with the Royal Thai Government, Thai armed forces, and Thai Red Cross. THAI has prepared a two part plan that includes arranging a reservation center for those providing relief assistance and transporting cargo shipments carrying relief goods in the aircraft belly. Should Nepal request assistance from Thailand, priority aid will be given to the government and people of Nepal, as follows:
- Doctors, nurses, and personnel traveling to Nepal to assist earthquake victims
- Civilian and military rescue units, as well as those from Thailand's Ministry of Interior and Thai Red Cross.
- Transport of rescue equipment and medical equipment that the government sector needs in order to rescue and provide medical assistance.
- Transport relief goods from the Thai Government, with necessary items requested by the Royal Thai Embassy in Nepal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such as blankets, food, tents, medicine, first aid equipment, and water.
- 200 boxed meals and 500 bottles of water provided by THAI Catering are transported daily on THAI flights for Thai people seeking shelter at the Royal Thai Embassy in Kathmandu.
- As for the private sector and various foundations, THAI has set up a center to coordinate with various organizations transporting relief goods at THAI's Crisis Management Operations Center at Tel. 02-545-3181 (24 hours a day).
THAI also assists the Royal Thai Air Force in transporting relief goods to Nepal.
THAI continues to operate normal flights on the route Bangkok-Kathmandu, one daily flight per day. Flight TG319 operates with Boeing 777-200 aircraft and departs from Bangkok at 10:15 hours and arrives in Kathmandu at 12:25 hours. Flight TG320 departs from Kathmandu at 13:30 hours and arrives in Bangkok at 18:15 hours.
However, on 27 April 2015, flight TG319 from Bangkok to Kathmandu was unable to land at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu due to priority landing for the rescue plane in place by the government of Nepal, whereby rescue aircraft are mainly military aircraft transporting emergency goods. As well, Tribhuvan International Airport was heavily congested, with two aircraft parked on the taxi way and lack of aircraft parking bays, and as a result flight TG319 returned to Bangkok on 01:10 hours on 28 April 2015 and departed as special flight TG3199 on 28 April 2015 from Bangkok to Kathmandu at 09:15 hours. Today's flight TG319 departed as normally scheduled at 10:15 hours.
As telecommunication in Nepal is currently very difficult, THAI apologizes for any difficulty in contacting THAI's sales office in Nepal. Passengers who require to depart from Nepal may make reservations and purchase tickets through the THAI office in Bangkok at the THAI Contact Center, Tel. (+66-2) 356-1111 (24 hours a day) or obtain flight information on www.thaiairways.com.


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Digging into Verizon DBIR: Hacking, Malware, Cyber-Threats
While we all seized on the fact that hacktivists were reponsible for more than half of the data records stolen in 2011, Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report had a few more gems.
For the first time since Verizon began compiling the report in 2004, the Verizon RISK team distinguished between the attacks on small and mid-sized organizations and the large enterprises. The majority of the data breach incidents could have been prevented if the organization had implemented proper controls, according to the report.
However, there are some differences in how businesses should implement those controls, according to the Verizon RISK team. For small organizations, the biggest security threats were attackers exploiting default passwords on remote access applications, such as RDP, VNC and pcAnywhere. By not choosing new passwords, or using weak passwords, small businesses were allowing attackers to stroll right into their network environment.
Larger organizations were less likely to have default passwords still in place, but were breached when login credentials were stolen or cracked in a brute-force attempt.
"That distinction alone offers quite a number of hints on where to focus our attention as security professionals," said Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek.
Types of Attacks
While malware remained prevalent, most of the attacks involved some form of hacking, such as brute-forcing passwords. Of the 885 incidents examined in the report, 81 percent included hacking and 69 percent involved malware. More than half, or 61 percent, included a combination of both.
The vast majority of malware-related incidents occurred after remote attackers had already breached the organization's network or systems. The attackers installed malware such as keyloggers and Web form grabbers to intercept data users typed online. Infection mechanisms included e-mail attachments, drive-by-downloads and Web-borne malware.
The type of malware attack also differed by the organization's size. In small organizations, the malware was installed manually, while large organizations were often infected using more advanced mechanisms.
Spyware, while prevalent, compromised less records than backdoors. Backdoors were installed only in 20 percent of incidents but were associated with over 90 percent of the records lost.
While hacktivists love SQL injection, most attackers don't seem all that enamored of the hacking technique. SQL injection was seen in only 3 percent of incidents. In contrast, login credentials for remote access services like Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol or the free VNC tool were exploited in 88 percent of the incidents that involved hacking, Verizon found.
Physical attacks, such as card skimming, stolen storage devices, and physcially tampering with a device, accounted for 10 percent of all breached records. Incidents of skimming combined with using an ATM PIN camera more than doubled from 2010.
Attacks of Opportunity
A majority of the breaches in the report were opportunistic, according to the Verizon RISK team. The targeted organizations weren't necessarily that large or on the attacker's radar, but were breached when the attacker realized there was a vulnerability to exploit.
"The good news though is that this also means organizations can significantly reduce their risk through proper vulnerability management, educating users, and implementing network-based access controls lists," said Rapid7's Marcus Carey.
Cost of a Breach
Earlier this week, the Ponemon Institute and Symantec released a report calculating the cost of a data breach. The average total cost of a data breach in 2011 dropped for the first time, to $5.5 million, compared to $7.2 million per incident in 2010. The cost of a single breached record also dropped to $194, from $214.
(Applying the new Ponemon numbers to the number of compromised records reported by Verizon DBIR means hacktivist activity cost about $19.6 billion.)
Interestingly, customers are now less likely to abandon companies that have been compromised. The costs of a data breach generally includes loss of business as customers leave, reputation and brand damage, lost productive and diminished goodwill.


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Snake & Mongoose On The Big Screen
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It stars Jesse Williams (Grey's Anatomy) as Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, and Richard Blake (Dragonball: Evolution) as Tom "Mongoose" McEwen. It also stars Noah Wyle (Falling Skies) and Tim Blake Nelson (Lincoln), Ashley Hinshaw, Ian Ziering and Fred Dryer, among others.
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HOUSTON - A former Houston firefighter pulled a gun on two robbery suspects, killing one of them, investigators said.
Houston police said the homeowner pulled into his driveway on Glenhurst Drive near Southbank in southeast Houston about 10 p.m. Wednesday. Two armed men walked up to him and demanded cash, officials said.
"The two males held him at gunpoint and told him that they wanted money, demanded that they go inside and, once inside, proceeded to search the house," said Mark Coleman of the Houston Police Department.
Police said the two masked gunmen forced the homeowner, his sister and her teenaged niece to the ground. What the attackers didn't know was that the 58-year old husband and father was also a legal concealed handgun carrier.
Investigators said the homeowner decided to turn the tables on the crooks.
"They were in the process of searching the residence when the homeowner proceeded to use a weapon he had to shoot one of the would-be robbery suspects and exchanged gunfire with the other," said Coleman.
The homeowner, who didn't want to be identified, said he did what he had to do to protect his family.
"They made us lay down in the dining room. My niece laid on the end, my sister was in the middle and I was on the end. When we were laying there, he was ransacking the bookcase and the dining room, and I figured it was now or never. So when I got my chance, I had to take it," said the homeowner.
One of the suspects was fatally wounded, detectives said. His name has not been released.
"If I had any regrets, I wouldn't be here talking to you," the homeowner said.
Police said the second man took off. Investigators said they don't have a good description of that man because his face was covered with a mask.
Shots were fired outside the home, too. One of the bullets hit a home across the street.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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The members of the Port St. Joe Christian rock band Thirty-Three always considered themselves to be a tight-knit group. Now they�ve welcomed a new member to the family.
The members of the Port St. Joe Christian rock band Thirty-Three always considered themselves to be a tight-knit group.
Now they�ve welcomed a new member to the family.
Keyboard player Shad Tracy has joined as a full-time member and will be tickling the ivories for the band�s upcoming concerts.
Tracy moved to Gulf County two years ago and is in the eighth grade at Port St. Joe Jr./Sr. High School. He comes to the band well-prepared, having played the piano since age five.
Why the piano when most kids go for drums, guitars or trombones?
�Mom made me,� Tracy joked.
It was that same mother, Gina Tracy, who was in St. Joe music to purchase a saxophone for her youngest son when she and store owner Tom McEniry got to talking about pianos and Tracy�s talents were revealed.
McEniry mentioned that Thirty-Three wanted to add a keyboardist to their lineup and invited Gina and Tracy to attend the band�s next practice.
The remainder of the band is made up of vocalist Brianna Butler, guitarist Zack McFarland, bassist Cole Haddock and drummer Joel Bogaert a group of 11- and 12-year-olds with a passion for music and a strong belief in their faith.
Tracy had seen the other members of the group in passing and knew Haddock from school, but it wasn�t until he attended the band�s rehearsal that everything fell into place and he was invited to join as a member.
�It�s been such a good opportunity for him,� said Gina. �He�s grown musically by playing with a group and gets along well with everyone. We�re very excited!�
Gina has a degree in music and said that Tracy�s younger brother Jacob is also musically inclined. Tracy currently takes piano lessons from Matthew White at Long Avenue Baptist Church.
While Tracy has never performed with a band prior to joining Thirty-Three and will be the first to admit to being nervous, he said he was glad that the keyboard player is usually in the back during the shows.
Thirty-Threeis the result of a six-week project that started with the St. Joe Music and Performance Program, founded in August 2012 by McEniry and area musician and choir director, Phil Densmore.
The goal of the program was to get kids performing together in a band and have them learn and perform three cover songs. By the end of program, the chemistry that formed among band members was too strong to let go.
The band continued to gain traction and popularity in Gulf and Bay counties as they played church services and area events.
Throughout the spring months, the band spent some quality time at RSR Recording Studio where they recorded its first original song, �Jesus Loves You and I Love You Too.� The single was released digitally in June through the popular music service iTunes.
In addition to countless shows at area churches, the group recently played the annual Scallop and Music Festival at George Core Park and are gearing up for the release of a two new original singles in the fall.
Thirty-Three�soriginal songs are penned by local songwriter Doug Roberts, who was brought in to aid the band.
He had written a few Christian-based songs that he taught to the group and was �pleasantly surprised� with how quick they picked up the structures and progressions.
The band is managed by the Joe�s father, David Bogaert, who takes care of the business and booking side of things.
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In September 1998 when director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema discovered the Alexander family farm during an aerial search for suitable film sites for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Hobbiton emerged as the site because of the fantastic views and rolling countryside of the farm that closely resembled that of The Shire.
The set was rebuilt in 2011 for the new Hobbit films and is now permanent, complete with hobbit holes, gardens, bridge, Mill and The Green Dragon Inn.
The crew at the Hobbiton Movie Set are extremely knowledgeable about the filming location and they explain with enthusiasm that they have a host of gardeners year round just to keep the grounds looking pristine. It is one of the few places in the world that you can walk among a realistic film set like this. As it is also a working farm: there are sheep and other animals scattered around the place so even a non-Hobbit loving guest would enjoy the picturesque and authentic New Zealand farm experience. After you visit Bag End, where Frodo and Bilbo's adventures began, you can get lost among the many hobbit holes including a visit to the Mill and the Party Tree. At the end of the tour you stop in at the Green Dragon Inn, where served behind the bar are traditional ales, cider and non alcoholic ginger beer, all brewed exclusively on location. A complimentary drink is included in the tour and they also have scones made on site which are to die for!
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Gray jays' winter survival depends on food storage, study shows
A new University of Guelph study shows that gray jays hoping to survive and reproduce through Canada's harsh winters need to be able to store food in the right kinds of trees.
The study appears in Oecologia and was co-authored by Prof. Ryan Norris, Department of Integrative Biology; Brian Kielstra, an undergraduate student in the Department of Geography; and Dan Strickland, retired chief naturalist of Algonquin Park in Ontario.
Unlike most birds that migrate for winter, gray jays are year-round residents in the Canadian boreal forest. In winter, they rely on berries, fungi, insects, carcass meat and other foods cached in nooks and crannies of trees during summer and fall. They remember where they've stored tens of thousands of food items scattered throughout a territory up to 160 hectares in size.
"What is perhaps more remarkable is that female gray jays start breeding in mid-February when temperatures are routinely below minus 15 degrees Celsius and there is very little food around, so these caches are crucial not only for over-winter survival but also for successful reproduction," Norris said.
He and Strickland have studied a population of gray jays on the southern edge of their range in Algonquin Park. Records during the past 33 years show that gray jay numbers have fallen more quickly within territories dominated by deciduous trees, such as sugar maple, than in areas of mostly coniferous trees, particularly black spruce.
The researchers thought that certain tree bark characteristics might influence the quality of food storage sites. The bark and foliage of boreal and subalpine tree species, for example, have antibacterial and antifungal properties that may help preserve food.
To test this idea, they simulated jay caches by attaching small food containers to different trees in the fall. Weighing the food after one to four months, they found that more remained on the spruce and pine than on the deciduous trees.
"The evidence suggests that the resin production of the boreal conifers may be critically important for the survival of gray jays, especially at the southern limits of their range," Norris said. "This fits perfectly with our observation that the jay territories that are no longer occupied in Algonquin Park are the areas dominated by deciduous forest."
An important question still remains: why are gray jays declining in Algonquin Park?
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I have not yet updated the MacBook Air again to Lion. I want a bit more experience with the update first. There is no Ethernet fallback connection mode on the "Air", and given that we use it around the B&B it constantly has to reconnect to one of our 7 different bases – something that should be seamless, but maybe not….
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Well hello there. I has been far too long since I have actually blogged.
Soo much has happened, since I last blogged. Applause to you if youre still following me.
Over the last almost 9 weeks, I have been navigating my way through a terrible break-up that I, nor anyone else, but T, saw coming.
I not only have been re-adjusting to single parenthood, again. But E has been adjusting to Mr. T not living here anymore.
Back when it first happened I had a lot of problems with E, she was crying over nothing at all, throwing huge temper tantrums, crying when I would drop her off and getting into trouble at school. After a parent/teacher conference I explained what was going on at home and since then her teachers have been a serious God send. I hit rock bottom the second week and I kid you not when I say a teacher from E's old school now works at her new school and I swear she is a legit angel. She showed-up at E's school right when she and I both needed to see a familiar friendly face.
Since "the break-up" I have:
- gotten rid of facebook, and I could not be happier. It was a lot of un-needed stress. I have more time to spend with E and I "unplug & turn off" electronics once a week.
- Lost and gained back a lot of weight. I am working on getting that under control.
- Finished classes, and looking forward to my internship in January.
- Worked on myself as a whole. I feel I am a better mom and person. I will continue to work on me.
- Took time for me, something I hadn't done in a while.
- Started reading again & remembered how much I love it.
- Started doing more projects with E & going more places alone w.E
- Started subbing at a very prestigious private school, that I want to teach at, in my area. Its a great way to get known at the school & get my foot in the door.
- I am working more hours/days at the office and working on my financials. Saving more, when I can and working out a budget. I didn't realize how much easier it is when there are 2 pay checks. Haha!
I am sure many of you are wondering the status of T and I. Well we are just friends. I have been wanting to work things out with him, but it has been nearly 9 weeks (!) and he says he still needs time. As of earlier this week I told T that we will remain friends and nothing more. I am ready to [try] and move on. Yes, I love him and would love to forget the past 9 weeks happened and get back together but I am not going to wait any longer. If it happens between us, it happens if not, then its his loss.
I actually love myself, again. I have been doing a lot of soul searching and like I said I feel that I am a better person.
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I hope this is my return to blogging...? No promises. The other day I said I was over blogging but I think that blogging is one of those things that I stopped doing while I was with T and I am going to have to re-discover it.
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Luke Donald's fellow professionals have been quick to praise the World Number One's achievement after he won The Race to Dubai to become the first player top the Money Lists on both sides of the Atlantic.
RORY MCILROY: "He's had an incredible year and I hope he now gets the recognition he deserves. I've said it throughout this year that I don't think Luke has been given enough credit for how well he's played. He's been incredible and he's been up there every week.
"People outside of golf just look at wins and they think that wins are the be all and end all. But the amount of top 5s and Top 10s that he's posted are just as impressive as some of the wins, because to do it week in and week out, you need incredible mental strength to keep going and you have to be unbelievably consistent and not have many bad rounds. That's something that he's obviously very good at.
"I think from within the golfing family he'll receive a lot of applause for what he's done this year, but unfortunately maybe people outside the golfing world think that even though he's won four times, there will always be that question of 'is he the real No. 1 because he's not got a Major?'
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ALVARO QUIROS: "He's unbelievable. You can never leave this guy behind. He's always coming back, always coming back and trying to spoil the party for the rest of us! I heard a statistic about his third round stroke average this year is 67.5. That's unbelievable. Obviously he plays very well under pressure.
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CHARL SHWARZTEL: "What he has done this year is amazing. I'm a guy that strives for consistency, and he's taken consistency to another level. He deserves it. He's played unbelievable golf, and you know, if you play golf like that you're going to get the rewards. We all have to congratulate him."
MARTIN KAYMER: "It has been a great year for Luke. He has won four times around the world and just played better than anyone in the world for a long period of time. I know how much it meant for me to get to World Number One for a few weeks this year so for him to get there and then move ahead of everyone is a really great achievement.
"I would love to win the money list on both Tours because it means that you have won many times all over the world and you have been the most consistent player in the world."
SERGIO GARCIA: "Winning on both continents is simply amazing. No-one has ever done it and you can't say any more than that. He already had an impressive resume but it just got a little bit better! He has just been so consistent – the week's that he hasn't won he has been in the top three, top five, top eight all of the time. To achieve that level of consistency is very, very impressive."
ROBERT KARLSSON: "It's been a pretty good year for Luke! To do what he has is obviously possible because the WGC events and Majors count on both Tours but you have to play well in them all to do it and he has done exactly that this year. He is the outstanding World Number One at the moment - it would have felt wrong if he hadn't won both to be honest.
"Just look at the World Ranking points that he has accumulated. He has won 500 points or something and the next closest challenger has won about 350 this year, so for me it is a fantastic achievement from a guy that is the undisputed World Number One."
SAM TORRANCE: "It's just out of this world. To do it on both sides of the Atlantic is an unbelievable achievement and he deserves all the credit he gets for it. What a performance. Luke's played magnificently throughout the year and to win both money lists is some feat."
TOM LEHMAN, winner of the US PGA Tour Money List in 1996 after winning The Open, said: "I'm not even sure there is a word to describe Luke's feat. He's been so good, week after week after week. To win both money lists in the same year is hall of fame stuff right there. There's tournaments that count on both lists obviously but you have to play on both tours and travel so much. It is an incredible accomplishment and he ought to be so proud of himself. He's always been really steady as a player and this is him finally believing in himself, as crazy as that may sound. To get to the next level is all between the ears. It really is a remarkable accomplishment."
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Lula was reelected by a comfortable margin in the October 2006 presidential runoff, drawing on his popularity among working-class voters. Despite the fact that the legislature was widely seen as the most corrupt in the country's history, the PT did not suffer losses in the concurrent congressional elections.
In August 2007, the government released a report outlining the fate of political dissidents who were "disappeared" by the military between 1961 and 1988. Unlike in other Latin American countries with recent histories of military rule, former officials in Brazil remain protected by a 1979 amnesty law, and none have faced charges for human rights violations. Brazil's Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the amnesty in April 2010. A December 2010 Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling deemed the law invalid, and served as a catalyst for the creation of Brazil's Truth Commission in November 2011. In May 2012, the commission began investigating human rights abuses committed during the rule of the military regime; it has a two-year mandate.
Dilma Rousseff, Lula's chosen successor, was elected president in October 2010 with 56 percent of the vote, defeating rival PSDB candidate José Serra. The PT and its coalition partners also strengthened their majorities in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies in concurrent legislative elections. As president, Rousseff has taken a strong stance against corruption, removing six cabinet-level officials from office for corruption during her first year in office. Thirty-eight prominent members of the ruling party were put on trial in August 2012 before Brazil's Supreme Court for their involvement in the 2005 mensalao (big monthly allowance) vote-buying scandal. By the end of 2012, 25 of the 37 were found guilty, including the former PT president and party treasurer. The trials were historic in that the accused were leading members of Rousseff's own party. Meanwhile, the "clean record" law banning individuals who have been found guilty of a crime from taking office was determined to be constitutional by the Supreme Court in February. Rousseff's "ethical cleansing" campaign has earned her respect from many for taking a hard line against corruption, and by the end of the year, her popular support levels remained above 70 percent.
Despite the high-profile corruption trial and conviction of PT party leaders, the PT captured a total of 635 mayoral races, up 14 percent from 2008, in the October 2012 municipal elections.
In June 2011, Rousseff launched an antipoverty program known as Brasil Sem Miseria (Brazil Without Poverty)—an initiative intended to fully eliminate the extreme poverty that afflicts an estimated 16.2 million Brazilians. The program increases the transfer payments already provided by Bolsa Familia, adding a monthly $35 to each household member facing extreme poverty.
Brazil is an electoral democracy. The 2010 national and 2012 municipal elections were free and fair. The constitution provides for a president, to be elected for up to two four-year terms, and a bicameral National Congress. The Senate's 81 members serve eight-year terms, with a portion coming up for election every four years, and the 513-member Chamber of Deputies is elected for four-year terms.
The four largest political parties, accounting for more than half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, are the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, the leftist PT, the conservative Democratic Party, and the center-left PSDB. Seventeen other parties are also represented in Congress. The electoral system encourages the proliferation of parties, a number of which are based in a single state. A 2007 Supreme Court decision outlawed party switching after elections, though lawmakers have continued to switch parties on occasion for financial and other inducements.
In spite of the Dilma Rousseff administration's public intolerance of corruption, official corruption still remains an endemic problem in Brazil. In 2012, some two dozen prominent PT members were found guilty of corruption in a vote-buying scandal. The country was ranked 69 out of 176 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The constitution guarantees freedom of expression, and both libel and slander were decriminalized in 2009. A long-awaited freedom of information bill, which covers all branches of government at all levels, went into effect in May 2012. The press is privately owned, and there are dozens of daily newspapers and a variety of television and radio stations across the country. The print media have played a central role in exposing official corruption. However, journalists—especially those who focus on organized crime, corruption, or military-era human rights violations—are frequently the targets of violence. According to the International Press Institute, four journalists were killed in 2012 in probable connection to their work. The judicial branch—particularly judges outside large urban centers—remained active in 2012 in preventing media outlets from covering numerous stories, often involving politicians. The government does not impose restrictions on access to the internet. However, local and regional courts posed an increased threat to internet freedom in 2012. In September, the Brazil director of Google was arrested for refusing to remove videos that attacked a mayoral candidate. Further, a proposed "internet bill of rights" guaranteeing basic rights for internet users and intermediaries was postponed in Congress in November 2012, with no immediate prospect for a vote.
The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and the government generally respects this right in practice. The government does not restrict academic freedom.
Freedoms of association and assembly are generally respected, as is the right to strike. Industrial labor unions are well organized; organized labor represents 17 percent of the Brazilian work force. Although they are politically connected, Brazilian unions tend to be freer from political party control than their counterparts in most other Latin American countries. Labor issues are adjudicated in a system of special labor courts. In 2012, a three-month strike by teachers at federal universities attracted almost half of the federal workforce, including the police and judiciary. Strikes by construction workers in the Amazon region also delayed the construction of several hydroelectric dams—a key part of the administration's plan to meet Brazil's growing demand for electricity. The strikers, led by a powerful group of unions with strong ties to the ruling PT party, were able to negotiate a settlement with the Rousseff administration without undermining the government's goals of fiscal balance.
Brazil's largely independent judiciary is overburdened and plagued by corruption. The judiciary is often subject to intimidation and other external influences, especially in rural areas, and public complaints over its inefficiency are frequent. Access to justice also varies greatly due to Brazil's income inequality.
Brazil has maintained an average homicide rate of 26 per 100,000 residents (compared to a global average of approximately 7 per 100,000). Most violent crime in the country is related to the illegal drug trade. Highly organized and well-armed drug gangs frequently fight against the military police as well as private militias comprising off-duty police officers, prison guards, and firefighters. However, the homicide rate for the state of Rio has fallen in the last decade; the government's aggressive counterinsurgency against drug-related violence ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games has likely contributed to that reduction. Most notably, the longer-term presence of "peace police" forces successfully pacified several of the city's dangerous favelas, or slums; however the sustainability of this peace remains in question, as does the government's ability to successfully expand the program to other impoverished areas. In September 2012, Brazil's special forces began using unmanned drone aircraft to monitor the drug trade in Rio's large favelas. In Rio de Janeiro, 1.2 million citizens—20 percent of the population—live in favelas.
Corruption and violence remain entrenched in Brazil's police forces. Torture is used systematically to extract confessions from suspects, and extrajudicial killings are portrayed as shootouts with dangerous criminals. Police officers are rarely prosecuted for abuses, and those charged are almost never convicted. Police investigator Tapajos Macedo, who had been investigating an illegal gambling cartel, was shot and killed in July 2012 while watering the flowers on his parents' grave. No one had been arrested by the end of 2012, but military police were known for obstructing Macedo's work.
The prison system is anarchic, overcrowded, and largely unfit for human habitation. Brazil's prisons held 550,000 inmates in 2012, representing the world's fourth largest prison population—three-quarters more than the system's intended capacity. Overcrowding sometimes results in men and women being held in the same facilities.
Racial discrimination, long officially denied as a problem in Brazil, began to receive both recognition and remediation during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's first term. Afro-Brazilians earn less than 50 percent of the average earnings of other citizens, and they suffer from the highest homicide, poverty, and illiteracy rates. The 2010 Statute of Racial Equality recognized the right of quilombos—communities of descendants of escaped slaves—to receive title to their land. It also called for the establishment of non-quota affirmative action policies in education and employment, as well as programs to improve Afro-Brazilians' access to health care. Accordingly, in August 2012, the government enacted a broad affirmative action law requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots to the mostly poor students attending public schools, as well as to increase the number of students from African descent in accordance with the racial composition of each state.
The owners of large estates control nearly 60 percent of the country's arable land, while the poorest 30 percent of the population hold less than 2 percent. Land invasions are organized by the grassroots Landless Workers' Movement, which claims that the seized land is unused or illegally held. Progress on land reform has been slow, due in part to a strong farm caucus and the economic importance of large-scale agriculture.
Although Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, thousands of rural laborers still work under slavery-like conditions. Landowners who enslave workers face two to eight years in prison, in addition to fines. Mobile inspection groups established under Lula's presidency have been effective in the fight to end slave labor; they have rescued an estimated 41,500 workers since the creation of the program in 1995. Measures to fight the impunity of employers, such as a public "black list" of offending companies and landowners, have also proven effective in reducing slave labor in rural Brazil. In May 2012, Brazil's Congress passed a constitutional amendment that will allow the government to confiscate all property of landholders found to be using slave labor, among other penalties.
Brazil's indigenous population numbers less than 1 percent of the country's total population. Violence and discrimination against indigenous people continues; 51 were killed in Brazil in 2011, with close to half of the murders related to land battles, according to the Indigenous Missionary Council. An indigenous leader was shot to death in November 2011 after returning to the land from which ranchers had evicted him; 18 individuals were arrested in July 2012 for the murder. Half of the indigenous population lives in poverty in Brazil, and most indigenous communities lack adequate sanitation and education services. The government promised in 2003 to demarcate large swaths of ancestral lands as the first step in creating indigenous reserves. A 2009 Supreme Court ruling defended the creation of one of the largest protected indigenous areas in the world, and the non-indigenous farmers living there peacefully left the 1.7 million hectare reservation that year.
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled in May 2011 that gays and lesbians have the right to form civil unions, and that couples in civil unions have the same rights as heterosexual married couples in regards to alimony, health, and retirement benefits, as well as adoption rights. While discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited by law, violence against members of the LGBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) community remains a problem.
A 2003 legal code made women equal to men under the law for the first time in the country's history. Upon entering office, President Rousseff vowed to push women's rights onto the national and international agenda, and women make up almost a third of Rousseff's cabinet. Nevertheless, violence against women and children is commonplace, and protective laws are rarely enforced. More than one million children between the ages of ten and fourteen worked in 2010. The government has sought to address the problem by cooperating with various nongovernmental organizations, increasing inspections, and offering cash incentives to keep children in school. Human trafficking continues from and within Brazil for the purpose of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation.


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Maple Leafs snap slide, beat Flames 3-2
TORONTO (AP) After beating the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Tuesday night, the mood for the Toronto Maple Leafs was much more relief than happiness.
The result snapped an eight-game losing streak and kept the Leafs' slim playoff hopes alive.
"It feels like a lot of weight lifted off of our team," captain Dion Phaneuf said. "We can feel good about ourselves because we won this game."
The Leafs allowed themselves to feel good by picking up their first points since beating the Los Angeles Kings on March 13. They improved to 82 with five games remaining and passed Washington (81, six games left), but still trail Detroit (84, seven games left) and Columbus (83, seven games left) in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.
Catching either the Red Wings remains a daunting task. But for Toronto, any victory represented a confidence boost.
"It's been a long time. It's been too long," coach Randy Carlyle said. "You hope that you can build on it, but I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves because we didn't paint a Mona Lisa here tonight."
In getting goals from Jay McClement, Dave Bolland and the winner from David Clarkson, the Leafs prevented what would've been their first stretch of nine straight regulation losses since 1967, the last time this franchise won the Stanley Cup.
"We were flat for a big part of that game and gave up three rush chances," said ex-Leafs forward Matt Stajan, who scored his 13th of the season for the Flames on a breakaway. "That's how that team scores goals. You could say they got a bounce on the one. I'm guessing they haven't had many bounces the last month …"
A loss of any kind to the Flames would've been devastating.
"It beats losing, that's for sure," said defenseman Cody Franson, who set up McClement for the game's first goal 50 seconds into the second period.
Anything beats losing for the Leafs, who not too long ago were in second place in the Atlantic Division before going into this free fall.
Calgary got goals from Stajan and defenseman Kris Russell. Karri Ramo stopped 19 shots.
"I don't think we got outplayed," Flames coach Bob Hartley said. "It's just they got one goal more than us. They were opportunistic at the right time and we got our chances late and we couldn't capitalize on them, but it's not by a lack of effort."
Toronto's goals came Tuesday night because McClement drove hard to the net, Bolland banked the puck off Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie and Mason Raymond sprung Clarkson on a breakaway. Jonathan Bernier also made 22 saves for his first victory since March 10.
"It wasn't pretty, but we'll take it," Bolland said. "I don't think we played the prettiest game or we made the prettiest moves. But in a slump like that, just to get out of that, it's great to get out of it."
One victory won't get the Leafs out of the hole they dug over the past few weeks, but players' hope is that this is at least a start.
With the Calgary defense napping, Franson skated into the corner and found McClement streaking toward the net. The fourth-line center deflected the puck in.
Not long after, it looked like the Flames tied it when Curtis Glencross deflected a point shot past Bernier. It was disallowed because Glencross hit the puck with a high stick.
The teams slogged through much of the rest of the period until a hole in the Leafs' defense allowed the Flames to tie it. Brodie sprung Stajan for a breakaway and the former Leaf got his third goal in his past six games.
The Leafs brought some energy back into Air Canada Centre in the third period when Bolland scored 2:16 in, banking in the puck off Brodie's skate.
Then Clarkson added another spark by scoring on a breakaway, just his fifth goal, his first point of any kind in 17 games.
That two-goal lead was short-lived, as Russell got plenty of room in the right faceoff circle and snapped one in at 7:24. But the Leafs managed to hold on this time to get a couple of much-needed points.
NOTES: Paul Ranger dressed as the Leafs' seventh defenseman in his first game since suffering a neck injury against Tampa Bay on March 19. Forwards Colton Orr and Jerry D'Amigo were scratched. … Kessel played despite a bruised right foot and took a puck to that foot a couple of times against Calgary. … Bryce Van Brabant made his NHL debut for the Flames, becoming the 10th Calgary player to do that this season.


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Our local produce market, Verrill Farm, has a baskets and baskets of heirlooms. I think I've purchased about 3 pounds of them every other day. There is nothing like an heirloom tomato.
A really good tomato needs nothing - no salt, no fresh cracked pepper, not balsamic vinegar. A really good tomato has so much flavor - a sweetness and subtle taste of salt all on its own.
When I'm cooking with these gems, I try to keep them fresh to preserve their naturally perfect flavor and texture. After 5 nights in a row of simple sliced heirloom tomatoes as side with our dinner (and the main course for my lunch), I decided to experiment a little. This flatbread pizza is the perfect way to enjoy them - a little dressed up, but not at all overshadowed.
Flat Bread Pizza
1 pizza dough (store-bought or homemade)
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 clove of garlic, sliced
1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
2 pounds of heirloom tomatoes
8 ounces of fresh mozzarella
fresh chives
fresh basil
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Stretch and pull the dough to be the size of a baking sheet. Drizzle the baking sheet with half of the olive oil, then place the dough on the sheet and drizzle the remaining olive oil on the dough. Scatter the sliced clove of garlic and red pepper over the dough.
Bake the dough for 15 minutes until it bubbles and slightly browns on the edges. Remove from the oven.
Slice the tomatoes and spread them over the cooked dough. Slice the mozzarella and distribute it over the tomatoes. Place in the oven under a hot broiler for 1-2 minutes, just until the mozzarella melts ever so slightly. Remove it from the oven. Garnish with snipped chives and fresh basil.
Here is the dough baking - see how it bubbles in a really hot 450 degrees oven.
Remove the dough from the oven just as it begins to brown. It should be cooked all the way through.
Lovely tomatoes go right on top. I love that they are still a little cool and the crust is hot. Such a great combination - still fresh, but satisfying.


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BMW calls this video for the 2012 BMW M5 "High Performance Art" as it goes beyond the simple premises and cinematography of most car advertisements. It takes us back to the good old days of BMW Films, when the automaker made videos with as opposed to of the car. Gorgeous. Fantastic. Perfect.
This video tells so much about the car without saying a thing. There's no splashy test screaming "WE HAVE 552 HORSEPOWER LOOK AT US." It's just a car "shot" from a barrel and used to slash through an apple, water balloons, and a target.
We get the message.
Whether this video is as fake as its engine noises is something worth debating. Until then, just enjoy.
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