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Amanda's blog and then skidoodled over to her shop before I even read her post to buy it, palms sweating with anticipation, stomach jumping up and down, heart beating out of my chest (thats how you know its a good one) Just knowing that someone else was throwing it in their cart the same time as me! Phew!! I got it!! And seeing it in my closet has made it so much easier to welcome fall! This dress was from Sally Jane Vintage, and I sort of actually thought her shop was a mythical place where things are not really bought, just vaporized into others' closets before I can even glance at them. I saw this in one of her shop previews and was pretty darn sure it too would be gone, but, ah ha!! It was still there as well! It was my first time buying from her and I'll tell you, It was a little exhilarating buying from someone I think is a little bit too magical to be real. To see that they fit together so well, although contrasting in print slightly, is pretty rewarding!
OH! And I found a really cool link to an article about the whole white, metal, lungs, fall relationship that I talked about regarding acupuncture a few posts ago! Right here. AND!! I have some pretty exciting news!! Teee heeee!!! Check this out and look on pages 10 and 11!!!! I know this post has a million links in it so if you just can't be bothered I understand. . . but I am pretty excited about that last one.
Coat: Off of Broadway Or wait, Amandromeda actually
Dress: Sally Jane Vintage
Boots: vintage Frye thrifted
Necklace, hat, belt: thrifted
49 comments:
- Swalvs said...
Wow! Being in a magazine must be wonderful!!! You look amazing! Now I have to check those two shops too :)
- November 9, 2010 at 6:10 AM
- Agitarsi said...
Cute hat:)
- November 9, 2010 at 6:16 AM
- Rocío said...
lovely hat!!!!
Rain Of Dew
- November 9, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- amanda said...
i have been eagerly awaiting the day i could see you in that coat! it looks sooooo good on you! and i love that you wore it with a patterned dress too. you are a styling genius. and i'm so excited that you got featured! totally deserved. like i said, you are a styling genius :)
- November 9, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Anthea said...
Both that dress and coat are amazing!
- November 9, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- Charlie, Feminine Bravery said...
congratulations on finding such fabulous pieces and being featured in a magazine!
xxx Charlie
- November 9, 2010 at 6:54 AM
LOVE that dress!! You look fab! Super cool about the zine, and the featured pix are some of my faves. No socks! Tee hee!
- November 9, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- inday_adin said...
Woho! Congratulations! It must be very exciting and proud of yourself. How awesome! Now I feel like going on thrift shopping today. LOL!
Anyway, when I clicked on your blog and saw this coat, like my jaw dropped as well. I mean! That coat is like one of a kind, magical as you say kind of coat. Like, I love it! Amazing!
- November 9, 2010 at 7:24 AM
- archives said...
What an awesome feature, C!!! You look amazing!!! :D Frozen grapes = amazing!
And - super finds from Amanda and Sally Jane Vintage! Even better paired together.
- November 9, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- Penny Dreadful said...
Eee! That IS exciting. And I very very much love your coat, no wonder you snapped it up so quickly.
- November 9, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- The Village Idiot said...
your hair is amazing! love the coat!
- November 9, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Snappy-Q said...
oooh, that jacket and that dress are amazing! Nice finds indeed.
And that article on acupuncture definitely cleared things up about metal lungs.
AND, nice magazine feature! That is so awesome for you. Congrats!
- November 9, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- daer0n said...
Ooh I love the whole outfit, that coat is just awesome, and so is your necklace. Gorgeous ensemble!
- November 9, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Kayley said...
The coat and dress are both to die for! Great finds!
The necklace is such a great piece too. It looks perfect against the colors in that dress.
And I don't think I've ever seen someone who looks cuter in hats than you do. :)
- November 9, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Bianca said...
Fun article! I also have a love affair with 70's music- disco primarily- it makes me think gold, glitter and magic!
I love this dress- it makes me wish that I worked in an office setting, so that I could wear things like this!
- November 9, 2010 at 9:01 AM
OH MY GOD!!! I read the post quickly and didn't click on any links because I was just doing a quick once-through and then I saw your tweet and immediately came back!
AMAZING. not surprising since your photos a(and style) are phenomenal!
goooooooooood job. I havent commented in a while! Life just never stops!
hope all's well and the shoe exchange with Zoe is pretty freakin amazing. I havent worn mine in forever (i need to try them with socks, its too cold now for sandle-y shoes)
- November 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Ilaria said...
This blog is amazing! Wonderful photos!
- November 9, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- mitukatie said...
ahhhhhh your outfits are perfection every. single. day!! how do you do it????
- November 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Haiku Ambulance said...
I apologize, but that had to be shouted.
Also, I love the jacket and the dress. And I more so love that they each have stories behind them. They're like little bloggy vintage souvenirs. Aw....
And Congratulations on the feature! I haven't seen that publication before, but that is very exciting.
And, I don't know if you're a fan yet- but Style Pantry {on the cover} is seriously like the new Queen of my Kingdom. I have a big old gushy crush on her. She has the best pants on the planet. And the best hair. And she has kids, too!
You look absolutely fabulous in this. So neutral but SO striking.
I will surely be reading the article on White Metal Lungs {which, by the way, is the new name of my rock band that doesn't exist- maybe we're a Spinal Tap cover band, or one of those bands that takes old jazzy tunes and whatnot and makes them über punk}.
I definitely totally forgot what my point was here.
- November 9, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- annierama said...
these shots are so damn adorable!
and your style is so great!
love hte bohemian touch!
- November 9, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Shallow Mallow said...
I am the same about buying clothes on Etsy. I always check myself to see if my heart is racing and there are butteflies in my stomach, otherwise I might as well keep my money. And if there are QUICK before it 's gone! LOL
Great outfit. :)
- November 9, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Shallow Mallow said...
I am the same about buying clothes on Etsy. I always check myself to see if my heart is racing and there are butteflies in my stomach, otherwise I might as well keep my money. And if there are QUICK before it 's gone! LOL
Great outfit. :)
- November 9, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- hanging on handrails. said...
Congrats on being featured in a magazine spread!!
- November 9, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Sing said...
Great fall look. Loving that vintage dress.
- November 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Open Door Studio said...
Love that dress!!!!!! Find me some of those please!!!! We need to talk Christmas, want to come say hello!
- November 9, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- km. said...
The female version of dapper! Great coat
Kate xo
- November 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Em said...
I love this coat! You look amazing as usual :)
- November 9, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- Jodi said...
Love the dress and the coat. Congratulations on your magazine feature. It looks beautiful! I love the Chinese Medicine link. I'm going in soon to make sure I'm balanced. But I love that the best thing to do is breath. Cheap and easy!
- November 9, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- In the Weeds and the Whimsy said...
You are just popping up all over the place. You completely deserve it. Each collection of yours is superb (I was going to say magical, but I can tell that it's your word so I won't infringe)
The coat with that dress is such a perfect match. It's so luxurious with the coat and once that is off the dress seems totally unassuming and gorgeous at the same time.
Well done my friend
- November 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Renée said...
I click on all your pictures to see the feathers in your hair. I've had an awful cold but plan to try and put mine in this weekend. Mine are the same natural color as yours. All the other colors I found were so "neon" so I went with the au naturale! Anyway... I'm really curious to see how they look in dark hair. I held them up and kind of cringed for a split second, but hopefully they'll rock!
- November 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- Renée said...
Oh, and do you remember when Billy and I came over for dinner and you made chicken and CRISPY HASH BROWNS???! !! WELL... you totally got me hooked on peanut oil for cooking awesome hash browns. I think at the time I was like, "hash browns for dinner???" but then I was like, "wowwwww."
I'm such a dork.
- November 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- Teri said...
How is it that EVERYTHING you wear looks great on you? Sometimes I think something you have on is not so great, but you manage to make it look like a million bucks. I love how you "style it up"!
- November 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- spring said...
LOVE the coat on you.
- November 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM
How amazing!
- November 9, 2010 at 10:15 PM
- wardrobeexperience said...
i love the mixture of patterns in this outfit.
- November 10, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Ana - Toil and Trouble said...
Congratulations!! This dress is SO pretty. I wish I could raid your closet.
- November 11, 2010 at 6:45 AM
- Loca por tu Ropa said...
I LOVE the coat.. Great pics!
Kisses from Madrid..
- November 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- knittingnora said...
Holly Cool Person YOU! That is so amazing, and you look gorgeous BTW.
So I think the jacket IS magical and the dress, so effortlessly cool looking.
I went to the Sally Jane's Shop... Uh Oh. I can see money being spent. Quickly and without thought....
- November 11, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Claudeen said...
Nice photos! I've been following you for a while but never left a comment before. One day when I am not slow and have heavier pockets, I will buy something from your shop. Those are some cute stuff!
- November 11, 2010 at 11:22 PM
- Victoria / Justice Pirate said...
This dress is so gorgeous. Love all the photos!!!
- November 12, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Cris said...
Vintage Frye boots??!! GET OUT! You always look cute in boots and shoes ha. You've got great feet! ha. But those boots are stellar.
Always a pleasure coming here!
- November 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM
- Ashley [Free Honey] said...
Congrats on the magazine!! That's pretty amazing.
Your color palette matches your surrounding so well, it gives a serenity to your pictures. I sound like a crazy hippie, but it's Friday night so that's ok.
- November 12, 2010 at 8:31 PM
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- November 13, 2010 at 7:18 AM
- Jen said...
Everything is amazing... the coat, the dress, the hat! Perfect!!
- November 14, 2010 at 6:43 PM
I LOVE this dress darling it's simply amazing. I don't know why I've only just stumbled to your site from Kim's but you are one to watch for sure!! I've added you to the PSS blogroll - I'll be back! {without the ominous Schwarzenegger overtones, for sure}
♥ Kristina
twitter: @prttyshnysprkly
- November 14, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- Lydia said...
COVETING that dress...it could be the quintessential casual dress. Suits you perfectly, too!
Lydia x
- November 14, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Kristin said...
Outfit nice colors. ^_^
Having a CLEARANCE SALE!! Most items $5.00 come stop by guys!
- November 15, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Cinnamon Wren said...
Just saying hi.
I was just looking around and this idea popped into my head.
I was thinking, 'i love her color scheme so much, she wears such earthy warm western colors' and then i was like, 'wait, her backgrounds are warm and earthy colors and she lives in the west!'.
So how much do you think what you choose to wear is some subconscious urge to harmonize with your surroundings??
It felt like an epiphany. Haha!
- November 16, 2010 at 8:51 AM
- Elizabeth Benfield said...
this coat and dress = amazing!!!!
- November 18, 2010 at 12:58 PM


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A blogging strategy begins with examining your business.
The blogging strategy development is a process much like developing a business plan. First, you'll look at your company background. You'll look at the value your company provides to customers that your competition cannot provide.
From here, you'll want to look at your customer. One of the most important tips I've given bloggers is to focus on a single person when writing your posts. One of the pitfalls in blogging is to lose focus on who you're writing the post for and as a result your posts will suffer from lack of direction. Focus on your specific target customer. I'm talking about a single person. Create their profile and go as far as having a picture nearby when you write if that will help. Knowing your customer will allow you to come up with more defined blogging ideas that are concentrated on attracting the right kind of traffic to your blog posts.
At this point, you'll want to review the sites your customer frequents during their time online. You'll want to study the place where your customer gets their content. You'll study the sites of your competition, but you'll also want to expand this research to sites beyond your exact business competition. In the online world, everyone is fighting for the limited attention of everybody. You need to make sure you're offering content that is good enough to satisfy your target audience's attention needs.
Once you have these research points finished you can begin working on the actual blogging strategy. It should come to with some ease although it's not always easy to think of great content strategies. You'll have seen the kind of content your customers are looking for in other places. Take ideas from those sources and figure out how you can provide your unique voice to topics. Think about how you can serve content in different ways (videos, images, photographs) that the competition might not be doing.
Reporting is the next function of a blogging strategy I like to bring up to new bloggers. Reporting is important for all aspects of any business. From the marketing point of you a company wants to make sure that marketing activities are generating profit. Blogging is no different. Focus on the way your blog can generate profit. Will your blog be used to increase subscribers? Will the blog be used to increase discovery from potential customers? These are common and a few ways you can track how you are moving visitors down the sales funnel conversion that leads to profit.
Finally, you'll want to include some direction for how your writers can experiment with new blogging formats. When you create the actual blogging strategy you should have a few blog post formats writers can follow, but it's important to give writers leeway to try new things. Blogging is a fluid activity. You want to encourage experimentation. Realize that some new formats will fail. In fact, most new efforts will probably fail, but the winners will make the failures worth the effort and frustration.
Company Background
Consider the value proposition of your business. Why do people purchase your products or services over those of your competitors? What is it specifically that makes people choose you over someone or something else?
The answer can be that you have superior products. Your competition might be trying to catch up to the products you offer. Your company might be in the service industry where you provide better results and have the data to back up these claims. Whatever the reason, this is where any blogging strategy begins.
It's likely your company is already creating content. You might have a direct mail campaign that includes a catalog or flier. You might create advertisements for the local paper or online advertisements for Google AdWords. Most companies have an email program or at least write emails back and forth with their clients. You can also use phone conversations as the inspiration for your blog content.
Think about the words you use any time you interact with clients. Consider the topics you discuss with them. Your customers likely have questions that you are able to answer without really thinking much about it. Other answers require more time and effort, but you eventually get back to your clients with well thought out answers.
This is the start of a good blogging strategy. You focus on the value proposition of your business. You remember the content you already use with your current customer communication and you can re-purpose it for blogging content.
With any new marketing activity you want to go back to the basics. You can even create surveys for your customers to email them asking for their insight into your company. See how they perceive your brand. This practice usually gives great insight into how your cusotmers think about your company. It's a new perspective aside from how you see things from the inside.
Even calling customers directly or emailing them direction asking for insight is great. You don't have to do this on a huge scale to learn a great deal about the value your company provides.
When starting the blogging strategy it's good to get back to the basics of what your company is today, where it's been in the past and where it's going in the future. This provides a solid foundation and understanding of where the blogging vision will be.
Focus is good for any marketing initiative and starting with a good primer on the company background is the place to start.
Customer Research
Next, think about your customers. Think about your best customer and define that person's profile. Think about what their job is. Think about their hobbies. Think about what interests them and what makes them choose your business over the competition. Go as far as having a picture of this person nearby so you can view it and remember who you will be writing blog posts for once you get started.
Once you know the exact person you'll be writing blog posts for and the reason they purchase from your company you can dive into developing the strategy to create blog content. Think about where your customers might be spending their time when they are not on your website.
It's likely that your target blogging audience is spending time online to some degree. This is the reason you want to start blogging after all. Think about the main reason your customer is using the Web. A few reasons could be to send emails to family, friends and co-workers. Email is still one of the biggest reasons people use the Web and it's not going away in the near future.
Many people also use the Web to consume news content. It seems people have their own preferred sources of news. Some prefer MSN and AOL. This audience is typically the early adopters of the Internet that haven't changed their ways in the last 10 to 15 years.
Others prefer to use Google exclusively to find the news. Still others go directly to favorite news sources like the New York Times or their local newspaper or news TV station websites.
There is a group of people that go to forums and niche sites that aggregate news from specific genres. These forums and sites are popular because they are for people that share similar worldviews and by going to these sites people know they'll find relevant information to the topics they are interested in.
Social media channels have also become a popular way for people to subscribe to content. People find news via social media. It's common to find news shared from friends and family on sites like Twitter and Facebook. These sites are also great for sharing content beyond news. Facebook is popular for sharing photographs with family and sharing news on how the latest family outing went or how the last party went.
Figure out the kind of sites your target customer prefers. There are likely a handful of sites your customer has bookmarked in their browser that they frequent more than others. It seems people have just a few sites where they spend most of their time while allowing a small portion of their Internet browsing time to be spent exploring new sites.
By looking at the places your customer visits when using the Internet you should gain a better understanding of who they are as a person and what they are looking for online. The content you find will give good insight into what your customers want and it's a good place to start when considering your own blogging strategy.
It's good to get an idea of the content your customer is currently finding valuable. You can use this to create your blogging strategy, but seeing existing content should be the starting point. From there you'll want to brainstorm ways you can provide better content than the content your customers currently view.
The trick with online marketing is attention. People only have so much time to commit to consuming content and there is fierce competition on the Web for attention. You have to be create the best blogging content if you want to capture the attention of your customers.
Competitor Research
Your competition is always a good place to start when doing any kind of market research.
Are your competitors blogging? Are they doing things with their blog that are good and that provide value for your target customers?
Start competitor research by looking at the content on their blogs and websites. Look at all the content they are providing customers including blog posts, videos, images, photographs and anything else that is considered content. Look deeper to see what type of content is getting the most response from fans.
Comments are a good indicator most of the time of how engaged a target audience is with a blog post. Sharing is also a pretty good indicator of how popular a post is with an audience. Most blogs have sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. See what posts are seeing the most shares and document the type of posts these are. It's a good starting point to understanding how your competitors might be succeeding with their blogging strategies.
You can use this research to determine some of the types of posts you will likely have to write on your company blog. You don't want to copy exactly what others are doing, but it's good to know what you have to live up to with your blog posts. Your customers are already finding something they see as valuable online. It's your job to provide something that's better than what your competition is doing. You can cover the same topics, and you'll likely do that in most cases, but to do it with a different voice that provides more value. This is part of what creates a winning blogging strategy.
You and your writers can cover the same topics as others, but your goal will be to do it in a voice that is more reliable, more trustworthy than the competition. Your goal with the blog is to create a community. You want to bring together your customers with the blog as a point of communication and interaction where they can improve their lives.
This enhanced customer experience should optimize the customer relationship and improve profits.
After researching your direct competition you'll want to refer to your notes on the other sites your customers are visiting. These sites (think: Facebook, MSN, Google, etc.) are also your competition. Remember, you're fighting for the attention of your customers.
A content strategy or blogging strategy is about winning the attention of your customers. Most blogging efforts are focused on the early stages of the sales funnel. You are working to get your target customers attention allowing them to discover your brand. From there you want to capture their future attention by asking them to subscribe to your content. As the relationship grows you foster a purchasing decision that hopefully leads to a long and profitable customer relationship.
Go back and look at the research you did on your customer and the sites they visit. Look at this content again and consider how your company can provide content that covers the same issues and topics. Then think about how you can add your unique voice to the topic.
Think back to the value you offer your customers. Perhaps you are a plumber that is available at anytime of day and you always provide service that is well done with focus on setting customers up for the long-term with their issues.
There are lots of companies out there that blog about plumbing, but your can cover the same topics, but focus on the long-term ways to improve a plumbing situation. You can focus on how customers should go about contacting someone when their pipes burst at 3 in the morning. These are the concerns your customer has and you can provide the answers with content because only your company offers this aspect of the business. It's your value proposition.
By looking at the other sites your customer visits you'll also gain an understanding for the related content they are interested in. You might find that your customers are interested in sports or outdoor activities or indoor activities. You might find that your customers like participating in local events or that they are really interested in the activities their kids have going on.
Use this knowledge to blend the topics you can address with your expertise and weave it into other areas of the lives of your customers.
Think back to the plumbing example. You might find that your customer is a 40-year old male that has a family, he loves sports, and he likes having his friends over for the games each weekend.
A typical blog post that your competition might cover could be something like The Best Way to Unclog a Drain. Another site that your customer visits might have a post like Five Ways the Packers Can Beat the Steelers.
You can combine these interests to create a really great blog post. Think about creating blog content that covers something like How to Create a Packer-themed Guys Bathroom. It could even include details like installing a urinal in the bathroom. I'm not sure why, but guys love talking about their bathrooms and having a urinal is something guys would talk about.
Research your direct competitors. See if they have blog posts that are successful. Think about how you can provide something that is at least as valuable as these posts with the goal of exceeding the quality of the competition's posts.
Also consider the other content your customer is consuming on the Web. Think about how you can steal them away from other sites and provide content that is more worthy of their attention.
On the Web, everyone is your competition. You're fighting for the attention of your target customers.
Figure out the content your customers want and brainstorm ways you can provide better content.
Blogging Strategy
Research is not the most fun part of creating a blogging strategy, but once you've looked at your own company and the competition you should be well prepared to start developing a strategy.
The brainstorming process is something that can be fun and exciting. It's good to get multiple people in a room. Find a whiteboard if you can and just start throwing ideas for blog posts on the board (or computer screen or piece of paper).
Include blog post ideas, concepts, series ideas and anything else you could do that would possibly gain the attention of your target audience. There are no rules in the brainstorming sessions. Simply take down as many notes as you can. Keep things moving in the right direction. There should be some focus for the session. Make sure everyone in the room has been part of the research phase. This gives each person a good idea of what others have already been doing and provides a better pathway to what your business can do better and differently.
This session should last about 30 minutes to an hour. You don't want to sit around too long. There should be plenty of ideas flowing. Everyone in the room will have a pretty good handle on the customer and the kind of content they are interested in consuming. Things should move along fast.
Once you have a board full of ideas, it's time to organize.
Separate the ideas into categories. You should see some common themes among all the ideas. I'm not sure why, but most people come up with ideas in patterns and common themes. You should find that ideas fit into groups.
Put these posts and theme ideas into groups. Then try to set a priority of what you and your team feel are the most important groups. Make a priority list. This should set you up well for what your blog will discuss the most while also providing a few other secondary topics.
You probably had a good idea of what your blog would cover before you got started, but after reviewing your business, your customers and the competition you'll have an even better understanding of what your blog will discuss.
Back to the plumbing business. A blog brainstorm session priority list might look something like this:
- Plumbing Design Tips for Guys
- Guy's Bathrooms
- Team Themed Bathrooms
- Bar areas
- Outdoor area plumbing ideas
- How to Articles
- Simple ways to save a few bucks
- Simple plumbing projects you can do yourself
- Common plumbing mistakes
- Equipment Reviews
- Refrigerators
- Sinks
- Toilets
The goal of this blogging strategy session is to come up with a guideline so that you and other writers can reference what the vision is for each post on the site. You'll want to be able to see this priority list and instantly have ideas of what you can write about for the next post. You should feel comfortable when writing the posts because there is research behind the ideas and you already know your target customer is looking for this kind of information.
The final step recommended for a blogging strategy is to create an entire reference document for anyone that will be writing blog posts. This document should contain the priority list from above. The document should also include a full description of the target customer. Include all the attributes of the customer including their work, hobbies and anything else that helps people understand who the customer is. You can even include a photograph. This really helps define who your customer is and makes writing each blog post much easier.
Finally, include a mission and vision statement for your blog. A vision for what your blog will be in the future allows writers to know what they're working toward. You want there to be clear goals for the blog. This will help folks keep themselves accountable when they are writing each post. They know there is a vision in mind for the blog and that all actions should be taken with the blog vision in mind.
Reporting is often the overlooked area of a blogging strategy.
It's important to have reporting on a quarterly or monthly schedule. You want to go back to the vision of the blog and make sure the writers are publishing posts that are in line with that vision. You want to have established goals for traffic, email sign ups, perhaps comments and even sales and profit.
Consider that it will probably take at least 3 to 6 months before you will see any kind of traffic to the blog. This is a common initial phase for any new blog. With this period in mind you want to set realistic yet optimistic goals for the blog.
It's good to have a budget for the blog. You want to make sure everyone involved in aware that the blog is a marketing activity. You want there to be payback for the efforts even if that means getting email sign ups or new discovery in the business that eventually leads to profit.
You always want to track profit with any marketing activity. A blog should be held to the same standard. Over time, keep track of new customers that can be attributed at least in part to the activity of the blog. This is easier for B2B companies and a little more difficult for B2C companies.
Reporting sessions should also give both you and the writers to discuss the ongoing vision and strategy of the blog. You can discuss the kinds of posts that are working the best and those that aren't. These discussions often lead to more good ideas for blog posts in the future and can even alter the direction of the blog. You'll always have your initial priority list of ideas, but a blog is fluid.
The Web is something that seems to always be changing. Most industries have news that changes. The key is to strike a balance with addressing new topics while sticking to content that will have lasting value. There is a proper balance of writing content that will have long-term value for your blog and writing content that has a freshness factor. You want to address new needs of your customers, but with too much focus on the new you'll find that the content on your site has fleeting value.
Keep a balance of long-term content that continues bringing in traffic for years and content that address the latest news and needs of your customers.
Also make sure to discuss any new types of blog post formats the writers are testing. You want to make sure that testing and experimenting are part of the blogging process.
Experimentation and Testing
For any blog to succeed in the long-term it's necessary to make sure writers are aware that experimenting and testing is part of the process.
With the initial phases of the blog you'll find that certain blog post formats will be part of your company blog. You'll also realize that you want to improve on what is currently being offered to your target audience. You can probably come up with new ideas in the brainstorming sessions, but coming up with new, creative blog post formats should be an ongoing process.
Reporting sessions are a good time to bring up experimenting. You can discuss with your writers what they're working on. You can go over a list of posts that have done well and posts that didn't do so well.
Remember that it's alright to have failures. Not all posts are going to do well. Make sure your writers know that it's alright to fail with new blog post formats. They're probably going off hunches with new ideas. Some will work and some will not. As long as they stumble on a few blog post formats that really drive traffic things will be working out well for your blog.
Let your imagination go wild with new blog post formats. Think about doing infographics or videographics. Try creating crazy lists. Try anything with the idea that if you stick to the basic goals you might stumble on something that really clicks with your target audience.
Let your writers go a little crazy with new experiments. Stick to the core target audience, but let you writers have some fun with new post formats. And then be sure to give them proper praise when something works out. There is a little balance here with making sure things stay on task, but are continuously improving.
Improvement comes from experimenting with the current formula while sticking with the basic idea that your company blog needs to provide more value than the competition.

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Dear Mouthy Housewives,
How can I lose 20 pounds before my high school reunion?
Dear Beverly,
Class reunions, like high school itself, are never easy. You spend hours in front of the mirror getting ready, desperately hoping that everyone will finally recognize how happy, pretty and successful you really are, then boom, two seconds after you walk into the decorated gymnasium, an aging cheerleader asks if your dress is from Wal-Mart and a balding jock gives you an atomic wedgie and recklessly shoves you ass-first into a cold metal locker. Or maybe that's just how the Jamestown High class of '86 does it. (Go Bluejays!)
Anyway, if you want to lose weight before the big event, there are a couple of things you need to do ASAP. Number one: only eat food that ends in "occoli." And number two: Crank up your VCR and start sweatin' to the oldies, man! A few minutes spent staring at a glossy Richard Simmons in a tank top and Dolphin shorts, and not only will you immediately hurl up the contents of your stomach, you'll also lose your appetite for upwards of 36 hours. Those pounds are just gonna MELT away!
Of course, you may also want to check out WeightWatchers, too. From what I hear, they have some amazing healthy eating/exercise plans that really work and don't cost a lot. Or at least that's what my neighbor Nancy says when she's prancing around our neighborhood pool in a bikini that makes the rest of us wish we hadn't spent the past few months sprawled on the couch eating butter straight from the tub.
So, good luck, Beverly. I wish you the best. And remember what I said: reunions are just like high school. Meaning, even if you're not the skinniest bitch at the party, you can always be the sluttiest.
Wendi, TMH
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Jon Minus Kate Multiplied By My Being Addicted to the Show
Dear Mouthy Housewives,
On Monday night I watched a very special episode of Jon & Kate Plus Eight and heard the devastating news that Jon and Kate are ending their marriage. Although many people saw this coming, I was very upset about their marriage falling apart so publicly. And as an avid viewer of the show, and reader of the tabloids, I felt at least somewhat responsible. I mean, I know that I didn't cause their separation, but aren't I sort of part of the problem?
The Viewer
Dear Viewer,
You are not part of the problem, you are part of the solution. Because with their marriage on their rocks, if you stop watching now, how will they support those kids?
As Americans, we have a lot on our collective conscience so let me lighten your moral load by reassuring you that your enjoyment of Jon & Kate Plus Eight has in no way contributed to their marital woes. If the fans had that kind of power, I would enjoy Brangelina a lot more.
Jon and Kate are, I assume, adults. With free will and decision making powers. They chose to live their life in the limelight of reality television, to reap its reward$ and face the consequences. In the wise words of Kate Gosselin, they did this show "for the children." And she has a point. As parents, we all walk the tightrope of spending time with our children, domestic chores, work in and out of the home and other responsibilities. Add to that our desire for and Kodak's insistence that we capture precious childhood memories on film and you see many of us praying for a safety net.
Jon and Kate found that safety net in TLC. Because for absolutely no charge, TLC films the Gosselin children so that Jon and Kate don't have to. If you don't watch, why would they film? And if they stopped filming, how could Jon and Kate do all that they do and still record the kids' antics for posterity? Do you know how much film it would take for eight kids? Why would you wish that on Jon and Kate, who are already going through so much?
Although you certainly are not responsible for their marital discord, if you do feel very upset about their lifechanging news, perhaps you should sit out the next few episodes. Repeat episodes of Real Housewives of New Jersey can be especially soothing during this difficult time.
Marinka, TMH
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Cleaning Fun!
To make housecleaning more fun, why not get dressed in a costume? It's amazing how the little tykes will help you along when you're resembling Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest.
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Each week The Mouthy Housewives give out our Seal of Approval to our favorite post of the week!
This week, we are present the TMH Seal of Approval to Laura from Piece of Cake for her excellent post, Loss, a poignant telling of how it feels to know that your child is growing up and one day soon will truly be his own person.
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To Snoop or Not To Snoop?
Dear TMH,
The other day, my 12 year old daughter was upset and wouldn't tell me what was bothering her. Later that night, I saw her writing away in her diary. Do I read it? I know that privacy is important, but as her mother, shouldn't I know if something's wrong?
Should I Take a Peek?
Dear Should I Take a Peek?,
The answer is no. Respecting a child's privacy is incredibly important and in doing so, you'll teach her to respect the privacy of others. Hey are you listening to me? Please stop reading that diary. I'm trying to teach you something important here about respecting your child.
Trying not to read your daughter's diary will take a lot of self control. Take it from someone who never hesitated to comb through my boyfriend's apartment, the moment he left for work. And when I say "boyfriend," I mean, random guy I'd been dating a couple weeks.
Of course, I'd find a bunch of snapshots of him with some super cute girl with shiny, bouncy hair and I'd be seething about the details of their relationship. But I couldn't talk to him about the chick because how do casually bring up, "So I was ransacking your apartment the other day, sifting through all your personal pictures and I'm just wondering who the hell is the whore with the awesome hair?"
So my point is – it would be better to not read the diary. Instead, give your daughter a couple days and then approach her again and ask, "Honey, what were you so upset about the other day?" Maybe she'll be more ready to open up.
But in the end, you need to trust your own instincts. If you feel like something is really bothering your daughter and she could be in trouble, then maybe it's worth violating her privacy to find out. Just realize, that if she discovers that you read her journal, she might just invest in one with a lock.
Good luck.
Kelcey, TMH


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Well, I apologize. Having 2 children, selling a house, renting a new one, & moving to a totally new town makes a gal busy! Who knew?
Anyway, I miss this little blog. I miss connecting with you ladies and reading about your daily lives. Mine has been a whirlwind lately.
We sold the house in Cumming. We are still looking to buy in Peachtree City but we are being picky because this next house will be ours for a LONG time. So right now we are renting my sister's friends place. It's been wonderful. Living in Peachtree City is so different than anywhere I have lived before. There are golf cart trails EVERYWHERE so we bought out first golf cart and have been having so much fun exploring our new city.
On Saturday, we went to an outdoor movie with all the other families to see Frozen and it was SO much fun. We also joined the country club and have been going to the pool all day every day. Hazel can swim independently with floaties and Elouise is content either sitting with me or in her float in the baby pool so it has been SO relaxing so far.
I signed up for 2 half marathons in the fall. One in September and one in November. I am SO excited to get back into the fit lifestyle. I have been a slug for too long and I'm ready to feel good about myself again! I started training last night and it felt amazing to get outside and sweat. Another good thing about the golf cart trails is they are mostly shaded so running on them is SO much fun.
Hazel is now 4. She loves going to the pool, making new friends, and is trying to master putting her straw in her caprisun. It amazes me how easily she makes new friends. She loves her sister more than anything and I love seeing them giggle together. She starts 4 year old preschool in the fall and she is so excited. Hazel got her first real hair cut this past weekend and she looks ADORABLE.
Elouise is now 6 months old. She is army crawling EVERY WHERE. She hasn't quite mastered sitting up on her own, she can do it for a little bit but she is wobbly & falls over. She talks up a storm and loves her sister more than anything. No one can make her laugh like Hazel can. She is still breastfeeding and we both love it. I have my moments where I want to quit but I think I will stick with it. I am planning on starting to supplement a feeding or 2 just so I can get a little break. She is still waking 2-3 times a night... So that's fun.
I am so unhappy with how I've let myself go physically. Before I got pregnant with Elouise, I was 13 pounds from my ultimate goal weight and obviously I had to gain some weight with her. I felt really great my whole pregnancy but for some reason when I'm nursing I tend to crave sweets more and can't control my cravings. But I am determined to get back to where I was even while nursing. I've gained 10 pounds since I've had Elouise and that has got to change. I have 40 pounds to lose and I know I can do it! I'm hoping by running, strength training, and changing my diet will help me reach my goal!


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This penitential mood kept her from naming the wedding-day. The beginning of November found its date still in abeyance, though he asked her at the most tempting times. But Tess's desire seemed to be for a perpetual betrothal in which everything should remain as it was then.
The meads were changing now; but it was still warm enough in early afternoons before milking to idle there awhile, and the state of dairy-work at this time of year allowed a spare hour for idling. Looking over the damp sod in the direction of the sun, a glistening ripple of gossamer webs was visible to their eyes under the luminary, like the track of moonlight on the sea. Gnats, knowing nothing of their brief glorification, wandered across the shimmer of this pathway, irradiated as if they bore fire within them, then passed out of its line, and were quite extinct. In the presence of these things he would remind her that the date was still the question.
Or he would ask her at night, when he accompanied her on some mission invented by Mrs Crick to give him the opportunity. This was mostly a journey to the farmhouse on the slopes above the vale, to inquire how the advanced cows were getting on in the straw-barton to which they were relegated. For it was a time of the year that brought great changes to the world of kine. Batches of the animals were sent away daily to this lying-in hospital, where they lived on straw till their calves were born, after which event, and as soon as the calf could walk, mother and offspring were driven back to the dairy. In the interval which elapsed before the calves were sold there was, of course, little milking to be done, but as soon as the calf had been taken away the milkmaids would have to set to work as usual.
Returning from one of these dark walks they reached a great gravel-cliff immediately over the levels, where they stood still and listened. The water was now high in the streams, squirting through the weirs, and tinkling under culverts; the smallest gullies were all full; there was no taking short cuts anywhere, and foot-passengers were compelled to follow the permanent ways. From the whole extent of the invisible vale came a multitudinous intonation; it forced upon their fancy that a great city lay below them, and that the murmur was the vociferation of its populace.
"It seems like tens of thousands of them," said Tess; "holding public-meetings in their market-places, arguing, preaching, quarrelling, sobbing, groaning, praying, and cursing."
Clare was not particularly heeding.
"Did Crick speak to you to-day, dear, about his not wanting much assistance during the winter months?"
"The cows are going dry rapidly."
"Yes. Six or seven went to the straw-barton yesterday, and three the day before, making nearly twenty in the straw already. Ah — is it that the farmer don't want my help for the calving? O, I am not wanted here any more! And I have tried so hard to — "
"Crick didn't exactly say that he would no longer require you. But, knowing what our relations were, he said in the most good-natured and respectful manner possible that he supposed on my leaving at Christmas I should take you with me, and on my asking what he would do without you he merely observed that, as a matter of fact, it was a time of year when he could do with a very little female help. I am afraid I was sinner enough to feel rather glad that he was in this way forcing your hand."
"I don't think you ought to have felt glad, Angel. Because 'tis always mournful not to be wanted, even if at the same time 'tis convenient."
"Well, it is convenient — you have admitted that." He put his finger upon her cheek. "Ah!" he said.
"I feel the red rising up at her having been caught! But why should I trifle so! We will not trifle — life is too serious."
"It is. Perhaps I saw that before you did."
She was seeing it then. To decline to marry him after all — in obedience to her emotion of last night — and leave the dairy, meant to go to some strange place, not a dairy; for milkmaids were not in request now calving-time was coming on; to go to some arable farm where no divine being like Angel Clare was. She hated the thought, and she hated more the thought of going home.
"So that, seriously, dearest Tess," he continued, "since you will probably have to leave at Christmas, it is in every way desirable and convenient that I should carry you off then as my property. Besides, if you were not the most uncalculating girl in the world you would know that we could not go on like this for ever."
"I wish we could. That it would always be summer and autumn, and you always courting me, and always thinking as much of me as you have done through the past summer-time!"
"I always shall."
"O, I know you will!" she cried, with a sudden fervour of faith in him. "Angel, I will fix the day when I will become yours for always!"
Thus at last it was arranged between them, during that dark walk home, amid the myriads of liquid voices on the right and left.
When they reached the dairy Mr and Mrs Crick were promptly told — with injunctions of secrecy; for each of the lovers was desirous that the marriage should be kept as private as possible. The dairyman, though he had thought of dismissing her soon, now made a great concern about losing her. What should he do about his skimming? Who would make the ornamental butter-pats for the Anglebury and Sandbourne ladies? Mrs Crick congratulated Tess on the shilly-shallying having at last come to an end, and said that directly she set eyes on Tess she divined that she was to be the chosen one of somebody who was no common outdoor man; Tess had looked so superior as she walked across the barton on that afternoon of her arrival; that she was of a good family she could have sworn. In point of fact Mrs Crick did remember thinking that Tess was graceful and good-looking as she approached; but the superiority might have been a growth of the imagination aided by subsequent knowledge.
Tess was now carried along upon the wings of the hours, without the sense of a will. The word had been given; the number of the day written down. Her naturally bright intelligence had begun to admit the fatalistic convictions common to field-folk and those who associate more extensively with natural phenomena than with their fellow-creatures; and she accordingly drifted into that passive responsiveness to all things her lover suggested, characteristic of the frame of mind.
But she wrote anew to her mother, ostensibly to notify the wedding-day; really to again implore her advice. It was a gentleman who had chosen her, which perhaps her mother had not sufficiently considered. A post-nuptial explanation, which might be accepted with a light heart by a rougher man, might not be received with the same feeling by him. But this communication brought no reply from Mrs Durbeyfield.
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Arkham Knight Delayed, Batmobile Teased
Rocksteady today announced that the release of Batman: Arkham Knight has been delayed until 2015. The final entry in the Arkham series was originally due for launch on October 14 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. No official reason has been given for the delay, but it will give the developers extra time to polish the game to perfection.
Softening the blow from this bad news somewhat was the release of a new trailer showing off how the Batmobile will look in the game. You can view it below.
This marks the first time the player has been able to get behind the wheel of the iconic vehicle in the Arkham franchise – it has previously only appeared in cutscenes. The Batmobile has two modes – pursuit and battle – which can be swapped between at will.
The vehicle can also be controlled via remote control, regardless of the distance between Batman and the car. This will be useful should you get in any tight spots and is also necessary for some of the game's puzzles.
More of the game will be shown at E3 next week so be sure to check back for updates.


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The trilogy centres around Ana, a girl who is born into a society of 'souls' that have been continually reincarnated for about five thousand years. Souls always have a different form when they are reincarnated, though usually have something in common, such as generally being born male or from the same mother soul.
As you might be able to imagine, it was extremely difficult for Ana to grow up in a society where she is the only new soul in such a very long time - and this is only made harder by the fact that Ana replaced an oldsoul, Ciana. For this, Ana is hated by many of the existing souls, and is taken away from the main city, Heart, to be raised by her abusive mother, Li.
The first book, Incarnate, focuses on Ana's journey after she turns 18 and leaves Li. It is not only her physical journey to Heart (her aim is to find answers about her existence), but her emotional journey - how she overcomes her terrible upbringing and realises her own worth.
Asunder sees Ana finding answers - about her existence, about other newsouls, the origins of the oldsouls and many other things - though more often than not, they are not pleasant. It also deals with the effects of the final events of Incarnate, which I won't spoil for you! Tension in Heart is higher than ever, with Ana's continued presence in the oldsouls' lives. Though hatred for her is rising, she is also gaining much support from friends. There is a lot more talk of magical creatures in Asunder than in Incarnate, especially on sylph and phoenixes, which I enjoyed and expect more of in Infinite - the third and final book. I'm super excited for Infinite to come out next year, it will be an epic finale!
I also have to add that the covers are all absolutely stunning.
Incarnate leaves the reader with questions and Asunder leaves you with answers, which naturally, lead to more questions than before. It was a great read, with revelations on every page, loads of character development, plus a lot of lovely (and pretty realistic) romance.
For more information on the books, you can visit Jodi Meadows' website, by clicking here or you can find Asunder's Goodreads page by clicking here.
Under this line / break, you'll see some more of my thoughts - including spoilers, so beware!
I really enjoyed Asunder, more than I liked Incarnate, which was a surprise. Incarnate started a bit slow for me because it focuses more on character development, I think, than action. I feel that Asunder was faster paced, but still kept the same amount of depth to the characters.
Speaking of characters, I absolutely loved Cris. I think I guessed in Incarnate that Sam and Cris had had some sort of romantic history. It was easy to see how too, as they were so comfortable around each other and had similar peaceful attitudes. I was so upset when Cris sacrificed himself at the end! And when he became a sylph and Ana realised and helped him to get out of Heart. Finally the sylph mystery is (kinda) solved! Hopefully we'll hear a lot more about that in Infinite.
I loved that the music in the story wasn't lost and that Ana and Sam always went back to it. When Sam's parlour was destroyed my heart just broke. The instruments were such an important part of his existence, and like Ana said, many lifetimes of work. I can't even imagine how lost Sam would have felt (this is the part where I have to remind myself that book characters are not real, and this horrible thing didn't really happen, before I start crying in sympathy).
I think the one thing that did annoy me was Ana's continual overhearing of conversations. How is it that Stef and Sam so often don't realise that she can hear them? Which brings me to Stef's character - I didn't like her! She was so obviously jealous, and I really thought that after five thousand years of existing, you'd be able to manage that emotion better than she did!
I loved finding out more about Janan this book, even if it did totally creep me out. I honestly thought Ana must have misinterpreted the message that Janan ate newsouls, but apparently not! That room in the temple with all the skeletons and the table over the hole... spooky. I also found it really interesting how Janan controls what the oldsouls remember, though it was very frustrating at times, especially at the end when Sine doesn't remember what happened to Cris.
Speaking of the end, I'm glad that Ana was exiled. I felt that it was a very realistic response from the Councilors, considering all the evidence against Ana. I also think it's probably best for Ana that she was exiled and now she can work on stopping the events of Soul Night - whatever they are going to be!


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AbstractDESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Human health has benefited tremendously from the therapeutic application of monoclonal antibodies (mAb), treating painful and devastating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and cancer, among others. However, mAb development is a laborious and time consuming process. The health benefits gained from faster mAb development are clear, creating a great need for tools to guide scientists toward discovering the most promising antigenic targets-particularly with regard to B-cell epitopes (the part of an antigen recognized by an antibody). The critical barrier to progress in this domain is the inability to deduce the conformational characteristics of protein sequence in the absence of known structure for predicting linear B-cell epitopes-the largest, most diverse, and pharmaceutically valuable class of known epitopes. The general criticism of existing prediction methods is that they are inaccurate and do not address the conformational nature of B-cell epitopes. DNASTAR proposesto create a software pipeline that guides the prediction of B-cell epitopes, models the dynamic structural interface between a monoclonal antibody and its experimentally identified antigen, and screens in silico site-directed mutations to engineer more potent antibodies with enhanced binding affinity. The Phase I goal is to improve the prediction of antigenic peptides from target protein sequences and experimental or predicted structures. Toward this goal, DNASTAR has established collaborations with experts in monoclonal antibody production, 3D structure prediction, and protein structure and dynamics, including access to their experimental methods, data, and software tools. Our predictive models will benefit from three key innovations: 1) a superior data set and professional insights into monoclonal antibody production, 2) the introduction of state of the art 3D structure prediction for training our epitope predictors, and 3) the first use of structure-based protein dynamics in B-cell epitope prediction. Atthe conclusion of Phase I, we will deliver an enhanced sequence-only B-cell epitope prediction model when compared to current top prediction methods (Aim 1) and a superior sequence and structure-based epitope prediction model using 3D structure predictionand protein dynamics (Aim 2). In creating these models, we will account for the chemical and physical properties of a protein sequence and the biophysics that mediate protein-protein interactions, including solvent accessibility, hydrogen bonding, residueflexibility, binding nuclei, and geometric contours of the molecular surface. The proposed software pipeline will be built upon Protean 3D, our new molecular structure and simulation viewer, and will elevate the technical capability of a broad range of experimental scientists to estimate key antigenic structural properties from proteins without known structure-all on their desktop computer. Upon achieving these aims, scientists will recognize that it is no longer adequate to describe B-cell epitopes usingamino acid frequencies or propensity scales alone. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Monoclonal antibodies are invaluable tools for diagnosing and treating human diseases. Unfortunately, the experimental methods used today to identify the most promising immunogenic targets are time consuming and less than totally effective. By taking the novel approach of incorporating both protein sequence information and structural features derived from high quality 3D structure predictions within our desktop computer software product, we propose to advance the ability of a broad range of life scientists to properly predict B-cell epitopes (the part of an antigen recognized by an antibody) applicable to their area of interest. This will accelerate the discovery of new monoclonal antibody pharmaceuticals, leading to improved human health across many diseases.
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Yesterday I went on a highly dreaded fabric field trip. Why would I torture myself in this way you might ask? When you're fed up with your living room curtains/pillow combo, you resort to drastic measures.
I started at Hancock Fabrics because I had a coupon and knew they were having a blow-out sale. Then I ventured to a local fabric store called Discount Fabrics which was recommended by a friend and finished up at Pier 1.
Here's a sampling of some fabrics I was drawn to. Now, if only I had a designer friend who could help me figure out my style and how to put this all together! It's hard for me to envision the final product.
Anyone else have a case of the fabric blues? How did you figure out your design style? Who likes brainstorming, but hates shopping?


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Thanking about a change in medication brings this song to my mind. Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash
Changing medication is a dilemma unless you know that your current medication isn't working. In that case, most likely you will try what you and your doctor collaboratively decide on as the best choice for you. (That last statement describes the ideal situation between doctor and patient.)
The real problem comes when you think the way you are feeling now is just not good enough. Making this decision is tough. With a chronic disease you get used to feeling less than wonderful most of the time and you may not even realize that "better" is achievable.
It's a gamble. Do you hold the cards you have and stay with the status quo, or take a risk that a new (to you) medication will improve your life? If you can manage to go to work every day, but have no energy at all once you get home can you live with that?
Here's an abstract from a poster that was presented at the American College of Rheumatology meeting this year. It's called "Understanding The Preference to Stay With the Status Quo". It seems that the positive emotion of hopefulness has a large part to play.
To me hopefulness and optimism go together. Could this mean that optimists change drugs more readily? Are they more receptive to the current "Treat To Target" strategy?
For more about the push for treating to target here's another link to a paper by many leading rheumatologists.


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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
In every condition, in sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth,
At home or abroad, on the land or the sea,
As thy days may demand, so thy succor shall be.
Posted by puddle at 7/29/2006 05:32:00 pm 2 comments
Thanks, jc!
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"Sarah, if the American people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched."
George Bush Senior speaking in an interview with
Sarah McClendon in December 1992
Posted by puddle at 7/28/2006 10:35:00 am 1 comments
Since I'm being gone quite a bit now, and the cats have found new homes, the wood mouses have expanded their territory to include my house. Most disconcerting is finding seeds in my bed. I think next on their list is to turn my bed into a nest, hence the seeds at the ready, for the new babies.
Having been home for a week, the seeds are now all gone. But I have no doubt that when I return, they'll be back. I know. I need to get traps. But they're soooooooo *cute*!!
Posted by puddle at 7/24/2006 12:26:00 pm 4 comments
4 cucumbers, peeled, seeded, diced, chilled
1 pound tiny shrimp, thawed, but chilled
1 or two cloves of garlic, minced fine
1 quart buttermilk
1 pint sour cream
salt, white pepper, and LOTS of dill
Combine, chill, serve
(And don't let anyone tell you that they won't like it because they hate buttermilk. . . . They will love it!)
Posted by puddle at 7/23/2006 12:51:00 pm 1 comments
Lungs are clear. Still a little worried about the fungus which is keeping him off of the transplant list for the time being. Prayers, etc, please. . .
Posted by puddle at 7/22/2006 10:52:00 pm 2 comments
The day I left my Mother's place forever, in August of 1999, a tornado hit Salt Lake City, blowing out, among other things the window in my brother's office in downtown Salt Lake City. This week, we've had three freak storms, just on this little branch of the Potomac. Just now, I'm waiting for another.
At what point do we stop calling them freaks, and just admit that this is the new reality?
Posted by puddle at 7/22/2006 02:05:00 pm 0 comments
Millions of butterflies killed by freak storm
By Ronald Buchanan in Mexico City
(Filed: 13/02/2002)
HUNDREDS of millions of monarch butterflies have died in a freak snowstorm in the Mexican mountains, where they spend each winter after a journey of up to 3,000 miles, scientists reported yesterday.
American and Mexican researchers estimated that as many as 270 million frozen butterfly bodies littered the ground after the storm last month in their pine forest havens west of Mexico City.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Dr Lincoln Brower, an American biologist who has followed the migration for 25 years.
The annual flight of the monarchs from as far north of Canada is regarded as one of the great migrations of the natural world.
They descend on the forests in great orange clouds each November.
Because their arrival coincides with Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, many villagers believe that the butterflies represent the spirit of their ancestors.
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Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the world
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day
-- Eleanor Farjeon
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1) Point north.
The right corner of my front window.
2) What time is sunset today?
Around 8:30 [Actual Time 8:37 PM EDT]
3) Trace the water you drink from rainfall to your tap.
No tap. Rain on ground, runs to river, I gather it in a bucket and bring it in to my water keeper under my sink. (River is also spring fed from its bottom.)
4) When you flush, where do the solids go? What happens to the waste water?
I don't flush. I have a composting toilet. The rest of my waste water, about a quart-to-gallon a day, runs onto the ground under my house.
5) How many feet above sea level are you?
6) What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom here?
Easily, Coltsfoot.
There are 25 more questions. Click title.
Hattip to Bird on the Moon (again!)
Posted by puddle at 7/20/2006 02:16:00 pm 0 comments
Dirge Without Music
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.
Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains,--but the best is lost.
The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, --
They are gone. They are gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave,
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Posted by puddle at 7/20/2006 10:51:00 am 2 comments
A complete list of things caused by global warming
Air pressure changes, allergies increase, Alps melting, anxiety, aggressive polar bears, algal blooms, Asthma, avalanches, billions of deaths, blackbirds stop singing, blizzards, blue mussels return, boredom, budget increases, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, cannibalistic polar bears, cardiac arrest, Cholera, civil unrest, cloud increase, cloud stripping, methane emissions from plants, cold spells (Australia), computer models, conferences, coral bleaching, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink, cold spells, crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems, damages equivalent to $200 billion, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dermatitis, desert advance, desert life threatened, desert retreat, destruction of the environment, diarrhoea, disappearance of coastal cities, disaster for wine industry (US), Dolomites collapse, drought, drowning people, drowning polar bears, ducks and geese decline, dust bowl in the corn belt, early spring, earlier pollen season, earthquakes, Earth light dimming, Earth slowing down, Earth spinning out of control, Earth wobbling, El Niño intensification, erosion, emerging infections, encephalitis,, Everest shrinking, evolution accelerating, expansion of university climate groups, extinctions (ladybirds, pandas, pikas, polar bears, gorillas, whales, frogs, toads, turtles, orang-utan, elephants, tigers, plants, salmon, trout, wild flowers, woodlice, penguins, a million species, half of all animal and plant species), experts muzzled, extreme changes to California, famine, farmers go under, figurehead sacked, fish catches drop, fish catches rise, fish stocks decline, five million illnesses, floods, Florida economic decline, food poisoning, footpath erosion, forest decline, forest expansion, frosts, fungi invasion, Garden of Eden wilts, glacial retreat, glacial growth, global cooling, glowing clouds, Gore omnipresence, Great Lakes drop, greening of the North, Gulf Stream failure, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, harvest increase, harvest shrinkage, hay fever epidemic, heat waves, hibernation ends too soon, hibernation ends too late, human fertility reduced, human health improvement, hurricanes, hydropower problems, hyperthermia deaths, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage, inclement weather, Inuit displacement, insurance premium rises, invasion of midges, islands sinking, itchier poison ivy, jellyfish explosion, Kew Gardens taxed, krill decline, landslides, landslides of ice at 140 mph, lawsuits increase, lawyers' income increased (surprise surprise!), lightning related insurance claims, Lyme disease, Malaria, malnutrition, Maple syrup shortage, marine diseases, marine food chain decimated, Meaching (end of the world), megacryometeors, Melanoma, methane burps, melting permafrost, migration, microbes to decompose soil carbon more rapidly, more bad air days, more research needed, mountains break up, mudslides, next ice age, Nile delta damaged, no effect in India, nuclear plants bloom, ocean acidification, outdoor hockey threatened, oyster diseases, ozone loss, ozone repair slowed, ozone rise, pests increase, plankton blooms, plankton loss, plant viruses, polar tours scrapped, psychosocial disturbances, railroad tracks deformed, rainfall increase, rainfall reduction, refugees, release of ancient frozen viruses, resorts disappear, rift on Capitol Hill, rivers raised, rivers dry up, rockfalls, rocky peaks crack apart, Ross river disease, salinity reduction, Salmonella, sea level rise, sex change, ski resorts threatened, smog, snowfall increase, snowfall reduction, societal collapse, songbirds change eating habits, sour grapes, spiders invade Scotland, squid population explosion, spectacular orchids, tectonic plate movement, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tree beetle attacks, tree foliage increase (UK), tree growth slowed, trees could return to Antarctic, trees less colourful, trees more colourful, tropics expansion, tsunamis, Venice flooded, volcanic eruptions, walrus pups orphaned, wars over water, water bills double, water supply unreliability, water scarcity (20% of increase), weeds, Western aid cancelled out, West Nile fever, whales move north, wheat yields crushed in Australia, white Christmas dream ends, wildfires, wine - harm to Australian industry, wine industry damage (California), wine industry disaster (US), wine - more English, wine - no more French , wind shift, winters in Britain colder, wolves eat more moose, wolves eat less, workers laid off, World bankruptcy, World in crisis, Yellow fever.
and all on 0.006 deg C per year!
Hattip to birdonthemoon
Posted by puddle at 7/19/2006 07:14:00 pm 3 comments
An Angry God
Who Loosed My Dogs.
Who loosed my dogs that Never paid service to me.
Where are my boys.
Where have My Beautiful Boys gone
From me.
Who loosed my warriors
My Champions
My Paladins for Peace most virtuous
Loved and beloved by all.
Who Loosed My Dogs. Who loosed my dogs that
Never paid service to me.
I curse the one, if I curse the one who stole them
All Heaven and Hell will destroy him,
His soul, his kin, and all his people for all the ages to come.
I'll squash him like a bug, roll him to a sticky ball of snot.
I'll bring the sky down upon him and Hell up to greet him.
Fire will sear his flesh and leave him writhing in the dirt
And when the swollen form is charred to ash
A poison lime will rain down and turn it to stone
Another reminder to those who think they can play
And not pay service to me.
Oh wait wait wait.
He has not the slightest clue
So let me first tear off his arm and show him what he has done.
Let him see the Dripping gore of it while he still lives.
Veins and muscle ripped and
Torn tendons and ligaments and
Bones all snapped, and bloody useless.
I'll make licentious parts of him to scatter in the road.
Oh where are my boys
Where have they gone from me.
My Crusaders for Christ, My Mujahadin for Allah
My Heroes for Saul and Greece.
Who loosed my dogs. Who is this one that never served.
He's never run with me.
He does not know my dogs and
They will turn on him and rape him as they please.
They are out of his hands. And the tortures,
Oh the Tortures my boys know.
Shock and Awe will be
Like spring flowers to him before my boys are done.
He can not hide
Or lie away from me. I will call to him
He'll hide he thinks in daylight
But at night is where I will find him.
Vexed with fear and pills His kin will be no solace
His wife not able
To mollify the lies.
They will all be strange to him
no comfort, no satisfaction found
Woe is he
Who took my dogs, left them caged in filth,
Bought them under with lies and bribes
And never paid service to me
Give me back my boys.
My beautiful young boys.
When they should be with me
Where winds blow free
Coats gleaming bright, Eyes clean and sharp,
On the hill pressed into the cool grass there
In the dappled shade of oaks.
by Frank DeVuono
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Years ago, when my former 70 year old sister-in-law was made to drop her pants in an airport in the name of passenger safety, I was fairly disgusted. Same for the mother who wasn't allowed to bring bottled breast milk on board. And now, we must all remove our shoes. Safe to say, none of this makes me feel any safer.
Yesterday, I was pulled from line, my purse dumped on a table, and two lighters and one pocket knife were removed. Mind you, these same items had made it through BWI the week before.
I haven't flown since 9-11; nowhere in the ticket buying, ticketing process, nor the airport was a list of prohibited items.
The knife was about an inch and a half long, leather covered, and said "Bermuda" on one side. It was a gift from a Bermudian friend. I've carried it for thirty years. It's cut hay bales and opened Motrin packets.
As I started to cry, I asked if it couldn't be mailed to my home. The answer: some airports do, we don't. And oh, I could check it in some luggage. Good plan: you don't go through security until AFTER you have checked your luggage. The line at the counter to check luggage is a half hour long. At this point, it is a half hour before the flight, and the gate is the furthest away.
Yesterday, an asshole at LAX took a little piece of my heart. I certainly hope this makes y'all feel safer. . . .
Posted by puddle at 7/18/2006 10:16:00 pm 6 comments
We stand with our backs straight when told to bow and we laugh when you'd rather us cry. We meet your glare unflinchingly.
We are terrorists, all.
We get the joke in ways that you could never understand. We see with absolute clarity that which you stumble over. We hear the sounds that fly past your deaf ears as unmistakably as we hear our own voices.
We are terrorists, all.
Shouldn't we just accept what you try to hand us? Shouldn't we stop being so stubborn, angry, difficult, abnormal, demanding, unpredictable, emotional and uncouth?
Hell, no. We are terrorists, after all.
We are driven by something you cannot measure, threaten or steal. We dance and weave as you grab at us, but we slip through your grasping fingers like smoke. We more elusive than a petal in a windstorm, and this makes you clench your jaw and your fists so tight you'd think they could just pop.
We are terrorists, all.
We move to a gravitational pull that is all our own. We are mocked, deceived, slandered, jailed, beaten and killed, but despite your best efforts, we grow in strength. We can be heard where children gather, in boardrooms behind hastily closed doors, and in the highest office of the land.
We are terrorists, all.
Couldn't we just shut up and close our eyes? Couldn't we be more compliant, reasonable, passive, orderly, tractable, easygoing, detached and polite?
Hell, no. We are terrorists, after all.
Posted by puddle at 7/18/2006 09:23:00 pm 1 comments
February 1, 1960:
After passing by Ralph Johns' store on Market Street, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain enter the Elm Street Woolworth's at 4 p.m., purchase school supplies and "sundry" items. They then approach the lunch counter and order coffee at 4:30 p.m. They are refused service. The four remain in their seats until closing at 5 p.m.
When it happened, I wished I could have been there. Still do. If I'd ever put together a personal pilgrimage, this Woolworth's would be on it. Now I have seen it: it's a block down from the theatre. It will someday be a museum.
Bless them, and all who act for the good of us all with their hearts, putting their bodies where it matters, and taking the consequences. . . .
Posted by puddle at 7/08/2006 06:42:00 pm 5 comments
Patriotism and the Fourth of July By Howard Zinn, AlterNet. Posted July 4, 2006.
The Declaration of Independence gives us the true meaning of a patriot, someone who supports a country's ideals, not necessarily its government.
In celebration of the Fourth of July there will be many speeches about the young people who "died for their country." But those who gave their lives did not, as they were led to believe, die for their country; they died for their government. The distinction between country and government is at the heart of the Declaration of Independence, which will be referred to again and again on July 4, but without attention to its meaning.
The Declaration of Independence is the fundamental document of democracy. It says governments are artificial creations, established by the people, "deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed," and charged by the people to ensure the equal right of all to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Furthermore, as the Declaration says, "whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it." It is the country that is primary--the people, the ideals of the sanctity of human life and the promotion of liberty.
When a government recklessly expends the lives of its young for crass motives of profit and power, while claiming that its motives are pure and moral, ("Operation Just Cause" was the invasion of Panama and "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in the present instance), it is violating its promise to the country. War is almost always a breaking of that promise. It does not enable the pursuit of happiness but brings despair and grief.
Mark Twain, having been called a "traitor" for criticizing the U.S. invasion of the Philippines, derided what he called "monarchical patriotism." He said: "The gospel of the monarchical patriotism is: 'The King can do no wrong.' We have adopted it with all its servility, with an unimportant change in the wording: 'Our country, right or wrong!' We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had -- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it, all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.
" If patriotism in the best sense (not in the monarchical sense) is loyalty to the principles of democracy, then who was the true patriot? Theodore Roosevelt, who applauded a massacre by American soldiers of 600 Filipino men, women and children on a remote Philippine island, or Mark Twain, who denounced it? Today, U.S. soldiers who are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan are not dying for their country; they are dying for Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld. They are dying for the greed of the oil cartels, for the expansion of the American empire, for the political ambitions of the president. They are dying to cover up the theft of the nation's wealth to pay for the machines of death. As of July 4, 2006, more than 2,500 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, more than 8,500 maimed or injured. With the war in Iraq long declared a "Mission Accomplished," shall we revel in American military power and insist that the American empire will be beneficent?
Our own history is enough to make one wary. Empire begins with what was called, in our high school history classes, "westward expansion,"a euphemism for the annihilation or expulsion of the Indian tribes inhabiting the continent, in the name of "progress" and "civilization." It continues with the expansion of American power into the Caribbean at the turn of the 20th century, then into the Philippines, and then repeated Marine invasions of Central America and long military occupations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After World War II, Henry Luce, owner of Time, LIFE, and Fortune, spoke of "the American Century," in which this country would organize the world "as we see fit." Indeed, the expansion of American power continued, too often supporting military dictatorships in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, because they were friendly to American corporations and the American government. The record does not justify confidence in Bush's boast that the United States will bring democracy to Iraq.
More, clicky.
Posted by puddle at 7/04/2006 07:19:00 pm 4 comments
Hattip to Mainefem. Thanks, jc!
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Quick Fantasy Baseball Streaming Options for 5/17/11
Jordan Zimmermann vs. Pittsburgh
Don't look now, but Zimmermann is starting to pile up the strikeouts again. He had 11 his last time out and has 17 over 12-1/3 innings in his past two starts. He has averaged nearly a strikeout per inning in the big leagues, and he's slowly working towards that number for this year. Zimmermann started off strong posting a 2.45 ERA in his first three starts before back-to-back five-run disasters. He has bounced back nicely posting a 3.44 ERA in his past three starts. Zimmerman has been more effective at home with a 3.70 ERA as compared to 4.56 on the road. Plus, Pittsburgh is near the bottom in both batting average and runs scored.
Yesterday's Totals: Loss, 6 IP, 8 Ks, 6.00 ERA (4 runs), 1.50 WHIP (7 hits, 2 walks)
Season Totals: 16-16, 256 IP, 208 Ks, 4.50 ERA (128 earned runs), 1.38 WHIP (254 hits, 99 walks)
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1970 Pontiac Firebird V1.0
Today we bring you another classic car conversion by Different Breed Modding. This time coming to a farm near you is the 1970 Pontiac Firebird. I love this car so much lol. If you have a classic style farm or are just looking for some old American Muscle to have laying around the farm then this is the mod for you.
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Pike and San Isabel National Forests Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
Contact Information
Pike and San Isabel National Forests Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
2840 Kachina Drive
Pueblo, CO 81008
Telephone for the Hearing Impaired
7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. MT (Supervisor's Office Only)
Ranger District offices - hours vary.
Contact Us
The Pike and San Isabel National Forests Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands is home to nine congressionally designated Wilderness areas with over 385,000 acres of untrammeled opportunities for challenge, solitude, tranquility and personal growth.
Three of our Wilderness areas - Holy Cross, Lost Creek, and Mount Evans - require visitors to obtain self-issued permits that are available at each trailhead at no cost. Permits are required to measure the number of visitors in the Wilderness and educate Wilderness visitors about the benefits of minimizing impacts.
Picket Wire Canyon
For a unique and unforgettable family experience, tour Picket Wire Canyon. Located on the Comanche National Grassland south of La Junta, Colorado, these primitive canyons are home to the largest dinosaur tracksite in North America. The dinosaur tracksite is located in Picket Wire Canyon on the banks of the Purgatoire River in southeast Colorado. The tracksite is the largest documented assemblage of trackways in North America. Over 1500 prints in 100 separate trackways extend across a quarter mile expanse of bedrock.
Picket Wire Canyon Auto Tours: Guided auto tours are the easiest way to experience Picket Wire Canyonlands and learn about its rich, colorful past. During the tour, knowledgeable guides will show you difficult to find dinosaur tracks, and the interesting prehistoric, historic, and natural features of the canyons. The auto tour is the only motorized access into Picket Wire Canyon. Reservations are required via www.recreation.gov or call 1 (877) 444 6777. All day tours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) are offered on Saturdays in May, June, September, and October. Sign up early because the tours fill up fast! Due to rough roads, visitors will need their own four-wheel drive vehicle.
Hiking, biking or horseback riding: Other ways to visit include hiking, mountain biking, or horseback riding. Because of the rugged terrain and long distances to various sites, these visitors need to plan carefully for hot weather conditions by carrying ample water and leaving very early.
The round trip hike to the Dinosaur Tracks is 11.3 miles, starting at the Withers Canyon Trailhead. From here, you will descend 250 feet into the canyon. The Picket Wire Trail passes several points of interest in route to the tracksite.
Read about the geology of the Comanche National Grasslands. (.pdf, 1.3 MB]
A scenic drive through the Wet Mountains of the San Isabel National Forest. For more information visit www.frontierpathways.org .
A developed, tent-only campground camping with the following attractions: hiking, fishing, bicycling, motorcycle, and ATV. Access to Squirrel Creek, 2nd Mace, and Silver Circle multi-use trails. Also access to Dome Rock and South Creek. ATV use is prohibited on Dome Rock and South Creek trails.
This campground is mostly a first-come, first-serve site, and there is a self-registration station at the entrance of the campground. Three sites are available for reservation. During the summer, the campground receives heavy use on the weekends and holidays. The maximum number of people per site is 10.
Informational kiosks for this self-guided, 180-mile tour highlights many points of interest, scenery, and amenities found on the Carrizo Unit including the Granada-Fort Union military road, Carrizo and Picture canyons, the Prairie Chicken viewing area, and the Aubry cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail. Roads are good when dry, but use caution if wet.
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