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The Rawness is a blog on game associated topics I had seen mentioned a number of places, but never read. Krauser did an analysis of a post on it, which perked my interest.
It's actually a series of posts in which "T" (or Ricky Raw, I'm not completely clear on the handle) answers a letter from a reader asking for relationship advice and if learning game would help him. He answers by completely taking apart the concept of game from a psychological standpoint. It's worth reading the whole thing, but I will summarize it and analyze the parts particularly applicable to me and people like me.
"T" defines wannabe PUAs as "co-dependents" and the women they desire as "narcissists". Briefly co-dependents have the flaw of wanting to feel good about themselves by making others happy and caring for their feelings, and narcissists have the flaw of wanting others to cater to their desires and feelings. A co-dependent and a narcissist will complement each other. But the narcissist- or "emotional vampire", a more poetic and accurate term- will get bored and the co-dependent will get frustrated.
"T" sees game as an attempt by CDs to flip the script on Ns- to become the narcissist, the one manipulating to get their desires met. This will lead to a feeling of power and control the CD never had before, but is ultimately futile because it's the same unhealthy game played from the other side. Furthermore the CD isn't really an N, and ultimately this will blow up on him, of which he gives examples.
The N enjoys positive attention from men, and will give them enough encouragement to keep it coming without ever getting sexually or romantically involved with the guy. Some great portion of game is just not doing this- playing it cool to let her know she can't toy with you to get her ego boosted. Instead you withhold and try to get her to meet your needs- submission and sex- in return for positive attention. Since an N won't do this naturally, it's a highly unstable relationship.
"T" continues to say that the real solution to this is not to become a narcissist, but to become self-aware of childhood wounds and instead of manipulating people to achieve unrealistic goals, behave in a mature and psychologically healthy matter. Great advice, if only it were that easy.
Being psychologically damaged and unhealthy, my objections are probably not valid, but I'll make them anyway. Narcissism and co-dependency are features to one degree of most people's' personalities and most relationships. Being completely mentally healthy and dealing with people in a healthy way is as unrealistic as solving your childhood traumas by becoming lovable as an adult.
Bill, the reader in question, is a beta, and reading his story I don't feel any great fear for him or his future. He has had a couple of dysfunctional relationships due to his childhood trauma, but he's 18, so he's just learning about life in the normal way. He'll learn something from these relationships, probably not enough, probably get married, likely get divorced, maybe get married again. He'll lead a normal life, which is not necessarily a happy one, but as I have said being a beta isn't so bad. Enjoying some of the benefits of life is better than enjoying none.
"T" quotes from something called Schema Therapy, which is like most psychological theories but maybe more discerning. It posits three possible reactions to childhood trauma (or "primary inferiority")- freezing, or accepting the need to be responsible for the feelings of others, overcompensation, or rebelling and becoming a manipulator and a taker, and avoidance, or avoiding situations where you are involved with other people at all. He only mentions this in passing, which is disappointing because it's the basic omega strategy. But his subject, Bill, is a beta, as are most readers, and so the beta strategy of co-dependent surrender or freezing is the one of most interest.
My "primary inferiorities" are my cold, withdrawn parents, whose emotional well-being I felt responsible for. I was on my way to being a beta co-dependent when I began to suffer a lot of abuse at school, which killed most of my kind sentiment for other people and caused me to try to isolate myself as much as possible. When I got around to experimenting with women, I did so in a kind of narcissistic mode, but not being an actual narcissist it was more I was putting up a front to protect myself than feeding off the attention. When I got involved with women I actually cared about, I have been pretty co-dependent as far as I can tell.
It's not really easy for an omega to become a beta co-dependent, although that might seem like way to step up the food chain. Omegas don't have the emotional experiences and social skills to provide the "blood" the emotional vampire wants. You can, as I did, become narcissistically manipulative with a woman who does desire you. "T" has a prefered option which he calls becoming a "renaissance man" which is like my "lone wolf" concept but fleshed out. I'll talk more about this later, especially the "three faces".


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The attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in January 2015 prompted worldwide outrage and fuelled an impassioned debate on the freedom of speech. It also gave birth to the famous #JeSuisCharlie hashtag - pretty much everyone on social media had "become" Charlie in an attempt to express solidarity with the magazine.
I stated then as I do now that I condemn any kind of killing. I, however, still think that #JeSuisCharlie was hypocritical and discriminatory. The magazine itself, in my opinion, crossed a line. Finding satire in life is good, it makes everything tolerable; but sometimes "humour" can be seriously damaging.
Mocking the Prophet Mohammad, while amusing for some, is not a laughing matter for many. I can understand why certain religious groups took offense to that. Many commentators made the claim that the magazine was racist, something I didn't believe back then because Charlie Hebdo, in past issues, had poked fun at other religious beliefs as well, coming under fire several times from different sections of society.
This time, however, I may take back every defence I ever made of the magazine. This time, their irony went too far. This time, their cartoons have no shades of satire but simply reek of discrimination. I may even take it a step further and call them racist. A dead child, Charlie Hebdo, is not funny. To use a likeness of a dead child to illustrate a point is insensitive and it shows how parts of the Western world, in their mission to label all Muslims bad, can be crude, heartless and even boorish.
The front page cartoon that now faces worldwide criticism shows Ronald McDonald along with Alan Kurdi -- the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned -- with the caption "Two Menus of Children for the Price of One."
Another cartoon, featured in the second edition, showed a drowned child next to Jesus Christ standing on water. The caption read, "Christians walk on waters... Muslims kids sink." The title of the cartoon: "The Proof that Europe is Christian."
I can sort of understand where they were going with the "proof that Europe is Christian" but in their attempt to mock Europe for its inadequacy and lack of action, they have only shown how cold-hearted they are.
A dead kid does not make front page headlines for any other reason except to depict an unfortunate state of affairs. What is going on in Syria is not funny -- thousands of people are being affected by it and trying to escape so they live to see another day. According to the UN, 9 million people, almost 14% of France's 2015 population, fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself.
Alan Kurdi's parents did not set out for a cruise; they were trying to escape the bombs falling on their city and wanted to give their children a safer place to live. It is our nonchalance and inability to do anything about this growing catastrophe that Alan had to set out on this journey and could not finish it. It is us -- the rest of world, including you Charlie Hebdo -- that is increasingly responsible for those dying kids and the helpless parents whose lives are shattered and world turned upside down, in the promise of a brighter future.
This time, you took it too far, Charlie Hebdo. Your cartoons made me sick. They make me question where your sense of humour was when the two brothers stormed into your office and killed your colleagues? Where did the satire dissolve then? That incident was not funny. Nor is this one. A dead child is a stain on our souls. It is not something to caricature but is a grim reminder of what we failed to do for Alan Kurdi.

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Akira Hiratsuka ages his fresh Sapporo-style noodles for 48 hours to develop their slightly tangy flavor. He complements them with an elegant broth based on charred pork and lobster stock, sweet miso, toasted sesame, and an avalanche of chopped green onions ($12).
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Pat LaFrieda has nothing on this magnificent burger blend: It's lamb bacon mingled with beef, and it's rich and drippy and delicious in ways we've yet to fully comprehend. The decision to serve it with grilled onion and good Welsh-style farmstead cheese on butter-griddled planks of rye from the neighborhood Polish bakery is a stroke of genius that could spark a patty-melt craze ($15 with salad or fries).
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Far from the epicenter of midtown power breakfasts, in a neighborhood better known for late nights than early mornings, smoked-meat maestro Dan Delaney has created what might be the best way to start the day since biscuits met gravy. Delaney brings something new to the burgeoning breakfast-taco category: his own succulent, white-oak-smoked brisket, a commodity so highly coveted that it sold out in online pre-orders before he even opened his Williamsburg restaurant, where hungry lines form for dinner service every night. Happily, that's not the case during the day, when you can just pop in between 9 a.m. and 3?p.m. for the same lush, fat-streaked meat, mingled with cheesy scrambled eggs cooked with crème fraîche, pickled red onion, and a smoky chile-and-tomato sauce, all wrapped up in a flour tortilla ("I'd get my ass kicked by anybody that's had breakfast tacos in Austin if I put it on a corn tortilla," says Delaney). Time-pressed commuters can get theirs to go, wrapped in foil like a bodega egg-on-a-roll, and at $4 it costs about the same.
Best Brunch
Parish Hall
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At its core, and absent all the post-yuppie cultural baggage, brunch is simply breakfast plus lunch. And what could be better than that? Nevertheless, there are those who claim to hate brunch. These poor souls have apparently never experienced a weekend afternoon in the spare-verging-on-spartan, skylit back room of Parish Hall. If they had, they would have encountered many exotic delights not typically associated with a New York brunch: an almost spalike, restorative vibe, spot-on $9 cocktails, a crowd of all ages, happy families, non-squealing tots. They even take reservations. Of course, all would be moot if the food wasn't up to snuff. This is happily not the case. Even beyond the excellently eggy eggs, there are crisp-edged johnny cakes with bourbon-barrel-aged maple syrup. Terrific housemade bacon and sausage. Savory oats mingled with roasted carrots, cauliflower, and parsnips. Two types of hash. A porchetta sandwich. And a wait staff that care as deeply about the food they're serving (much of it sourced in season from the owner's upstate farm) as they do about how you're liking it. Like we said, Bizarro World brunch.
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80 Wythe Ave., at N. 11th St., Williamsburg; 718-460-8004
Sean Rembold's French fries ($6) are dispatched from his open kitchen dark and caramelized enough that you might mistake them for sweet-potato fries—a resemblance that so enraged the innate pommes frites sensibilities of a table of northern Europeans one recent night that they took their serving as a personal affront. For the rest of us, though, the stack of locally sourced, crisp-yet-creamy skin-on spuds seems kind of perfect: twice-fried in the traditional fashion, with an especially leisurely break between canola-oil dips; seasoned aggressively, as all fries should be; and served with the requisite bowl of housemade aïoli. If there is a secret, it's a counterintuitive one in this local-and-seasonal era. Rembold finds that the less fresh his "wintered" potatoes are, the sweeter they taste. This might not be an epiphany of Noma's "vintage carrot" magnitude, but the cellar age of your French-fried potato is something to contemplate the next time a craving strikes
Best Slice Joint
Williamsburg Pizza
265 Union Ave., nr. Scholes St., Williamsburg; 718-855-8729
All Aaron McCann was thinking when the Sunny Garden Chinese restaurant in his building closed and he decided to take over the space was that having a pizzeria directly below his apartment would considerably lessen the distance required to quell his pizza cravings. "I just wanted a decent slice without having to go eleven blocks," he says. What he got, via a Craigslist ad seeking a pizzeria manager, was the services of one Nino Coniglio, member in good standing of the United States Pizza Team. What Tony Manero is to disco dancing, Nino Coniglio is to pizza twirling. The pair hit it off and, between them, assembled a crackerjack staff, albeit a non-pizza-spinning one. Now they have a minor sensation on their hands, with McCann running weekend deliveries himself to keep up with demand. For theirs is the type of old-school place whose slow decline hand-wringing slice hounds have been bemoaning for years: gas oven, paper plates, and a deeply satisfying, classic New York slice ($2.50) made with aged mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes. Coniglio's own fresh mozz and grandma pies might be even better. The ultimate, though, has got to be the square kale-sausage-and-Taleggio slice. It's Old Brooklyn meets New on delectable term


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Where: Via San Pietro, 35 - 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO)
Since the Thirties the sisters Anna and Maria Avoni together with their brother Raffaele run the business of tavern and grocery store in the ancient farmhouse of the family, located in the pitoresque hamlet of San Pietro.
The restaurant, also known as the "tavern run by the two old ladies", reopened in 1996 under new management. In a rustic and traditional setting are offered home-style dishes, like pasta and homemade desserts.
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The restaurant is listed as a "Bottega Storica" (historical shop), that is to say among the historical premises of Provincia di Bologna, qualification awarded to the activities in life for over 50 years, as a precious witness of the past and of the local traditions.
Type of place: restaurant, pizzeria, holiday farm
Cuisine: Bolognese (traditional)
Specialties: hand made pasta
Price range: 20-30€
Ph. 0039 051 796003
Mobile: +39 3474825456
Timetable: open for dinner from Wednesday to Sunday, for lunch on Sunday and holidays
Weelkly closure: Monday
Yearly closure: between Christmas and New Year's day
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Services: air conditioning - private parking - near public parking - historical restaurant - wine list - reservation recommended/required - group welcome - private room - wi-fi - garden/dehor - playground for children - live music - dance - hospitality
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Another Physical Therapy Success Story
Pete's story is very unique. He has gone from a patient to a promoter of therapy and an advocate for people suffering from pain. Pete is from England, so you'll notice some variations in spellings as physical therapy is called physiotherapy over there. Here's his story:
My story is very typical of that of a back pain patient. I was, like many patients, looking for that magic bullet to take away the back pain. Managing my pain was like playing a game of snakes and ladders – a game of luck. Most days melted into the next and I was a very poor pain self-manager. I did not exercise or generally look after my body, I ate all the wrong foods, and when something went wrong with it, I expected the doctor and other healthcare professionals (including Physiotherapists) to fix me.
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In July 1996, I attended the INPUT Pain Management Programme (PMP) in London. It was described to me as a programme that could help me to increase my confidence and mobility and provide me with the pain toolkit of skills to self-manage my pain. I thought this was finally something that could help me turn the corner and help me live with my back pain. Within the programme, Physiotherapists showed and encouraged me to stretch and exercise on a daily basis, but in a different way to others I had seen over the years. Previous Physiotherapists hadn't explained or taught me how to do graded stretching and exercise. I was just told how many of each exercise I was supposed to do. To me at the time, I began to think that to stretching and exercising actually increased my pain, so I stopped doing them.
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TB/HIV Research Priorities: TB Preventive Therapy
What We Know INH preventive therapy with demonstrated efficacy in HIV+/PPD+, HIV+/PPD unknown Rifampicin-containing regimens equivalent in efficacy to INH preventive therapy Areas for which there is data, but more is needed –Excluding TB disease (pulmonary, extra-pulmonary –Drug regimen in areas of elevated INH resistance –Adherence –Feasibility –Cost-effectiveness, resource needs –Barriers to uptake, e.g. short-term benefit not great, long- term risk of resistance, cost-benefit relative to ART
Research Priorities: Patient Level In patients with HIV infection receiving a gold standard bacteriologic evaluation, what minimum components of a screening evaluation (e.g., signs, symptoms, CXR, smear) are sufficient to rule out TB disease? –When implemented at a program level, what proportion of missed cases is acceptable to achieve public health benefit?
Research Priorities: Patient Level In patients receiving currently recommended TB preventive therapy regimens, what interventions at the community, clinic, and/or patient-level are most effective in promoting sufficient adherence to TB preventive therapy?
Research Priorities: Patient Level What is the efficacy of, optimum duration for, and optimum time to start TB preventive therapy in HIV-infected patients receiving ART? What sub-groups of patients are likely to receive maximal benefit? –Stratification by cytokine-based diagnosis (e.g., Quantiferon) –Stratification by HIV stage
Research Priorities: Patient Level What is the efficacy of TB preventive therapy in children and infants?
Research Priorities: Population Level Which macro-level factors are responsible for the low uptake of TB preventive therapy by Ministries of Health? How can these factors best be addressed? In settings of high HIV prevalence, what is the contribution of TB preventive therapy to the control of TB, when compared with or when added to other interventions, e.g. active case finding, anti-retroviral therapy?
Research Priorities: Population Level Has the Botswana national TB preventive therapy program (or other national TB preventive therapy programs) been successful in achieving its desired objectives? What lessons can be extrapolated to international policy?
Research Priorities: Population Level Does the efficacy of INH preventive therapy vary in regions or countries that have not been as well studied (e.g., Eastern Europe / CIS)? Is the efficacy of INH preventive therapy reduced in populations with elevated rates of background INH resistance? Which alternative preventive therapy regimens are efficacious?
Research Priorities: Population Level How can INH preventive therapy be safely and effectively delivered in settings with IDU-driven epidemics? Which factors are responsible for the low uptake of TB preventive therapy among HIV-infected pregnant women?
Research Priorities: Population Level Should secondary preventive therapy (i.e., TB preventive therapy administered after completion of TB disease treatment) be adopted as policy? And if not, what evidence is needed to adopt it as policy?
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What to Do in the Meantime Continue current policy: a minimum package of care at individual level Await ongoing studies and modify policy as evidence emerges Promote adherence based on existing evidence
Summary: Patient Level Optimum algorithm to exclude TB disease Added benefit to IPT in patients receiving ART Sub-groups of patients likely to benefit Effectiveness in infants and children
Summary: Population Level Macro-level barriers to implementing IPT and mechanisms to overcome barriers Outcomes of national IPT program in Botswana: lessons learned Effectiveness in special populations and regions with elevated INH resistance
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But with the tariffs and all the changes that have been happening with China these last six months, we are actually struggling to keep up with posts that make sense to send in response. Since President Trump issued his May 5 "tariff tweet" companies that buy products from China for export to the United States have been scrambling to figure out their options for fighting against the tariffs or for having their products their products transhipped in such a way as to legally qualify them as having been made in a country other than China. For fighting against the tariffs I send them Today's 25% Tariffs Against China Products: A Roadmap on What YOU Should do Now and for what it takes to qualify their products as having been made in a country other than China I send them China Tariffs and What to do Now, Part 3 and Avoiding the New Tariffs on China Products: Watching the Substantial Transformation Sausage Get Made.
But what we are also getting are a whole host of requests/questions regarding manufacturing in other countries. For example, in just the last week, two companies have written to ask us about what it takes to manufacture in Thailand using either contract manufacturers or by setting up their own factories in country. Though we have our own Thailand Business Specialist — John DiDominic, someone we have known and worked with for literally decades before he formally joined our team — we just have not written all that much on here about Thailand. Mostly because before the tariffs there was a lot less call for it. And much of what we have written on Thailand is so out of date as to be of questionable value. The same mostly holds true for Vietnam as well, even though we have our own Vietnam Business Specialist as well, with whom we have been working for close to a decade. We are feeling even farther behind on posting about many other countries with which we have done substantial business over the years and particularly since the trade war began. Mexico, Cambodia, the Phillipines, Malaysia, and Indonesia spring immediately to mind.
Anway, our plan is to start writing more often these other countries because there is clearly a demand for information about them, at least based on the number of inquiries we have been receiving and the legal work our international lawyers have been doing. Our plan will be to write about what we are doing and that is for two reasons. One, this makes things a lot easier for us. Two, this is great evidence of what is timely and relevant. One of the first things we plan to write about on here is what is involved in switching product outsourcing from China to Thailand. These posts will likely deal with what products work best in Thailand, how to find a good Thai manufacturer, and what is different about Thai contract manufacturing as compared to China contract manufacturing. We also will write about what it takes to set up your own factory in Thailand. We will eventually also write about forming companies in Thailand and the basics on doing business in Thailand. We intend to do similar posts for many other countries as well. We also will write about the relevant contracts for these countries, mostly focusing on what makes each of these countries different. Just by way of one example: we plan to write soon, about NNN Agreements for Mexico and how we treat those differently from the China NNN Agreements we draft.
This post was spurred by my wanting to respond to a client who asked me this morning whether we had written anything doing business in Thailand and to send him the links to those posts if we had. I was able to find two. One quite recent one by our Thailand Business Specialist, John DiDominic, entitled, Doing Business Outside China: It's Thailand's Time, which serves as an excellent introduction/overview on doing business in Thailand. The other was a guest post by David Dayton that we ran about eleven years ago (almost to the day), entitled China vs. Thailand Outsourcing Smackdown, comparing manufacturing in China to manufacturing in Thailand. I thought it would be fun to re-run David's post below in the hopes that we will get reader comments on the differences between China manufacturing and Thailand manufacturing and knowing that John will soon be updating it. The below is that post:
David Dayton over at the consistently enlightening Silk Road International Blog did an interesting post comparing China to Thailand for manufacturing, entitled, Thailand vs. China. [link no longer works].
David is eminently qualified to make this comparison because his Master's Degree focused on "Comparative Chinese and Thai Corporate Cultures," he is fluent in both Thai and Mandarin, and has spent considerable time doing business in both places.
Dayton starts his post off by quoting a friend saying that "Every thing in Thailand is slow except for the internet." "Everything in China is fast except for the internet" and he then sets out the following eleven comparisons:
1. Legal requirements for export are not nearly as burdensome in Thailand
2. Thailand's infrastructure is at least as good as China's — ports, airports, tollways. Nothing new, I know, but this is one of the major drawbacks of working far inland in China or even close to large cities in Vietnam or Cambodia. The big plus in Thailand is that there are no inter-provincial tariffs or restrictions on the flow of goods like there is in China."
3. Even with the recent wage increases labor is still more expensive in Thailand than in China. I'm seeing cost differences of about $50 to $75 a month between factory workers in China vs. Thailand.
4. The environment is much more "international" in Bangkok than it is in Shenzhen — more so than even Hong Kong, There isn't as much English on signs but the exposure to "the West" is certainly as much or more. Bangkok seems to be becoming more western and Hong Kong more Chinese.
5. The advertising is much more sophisticated in Thailand than in China where it's still a relatively immature industry. I was consciously amazed at the higher quality of both radio and outdoor media advertising in Thailand.
6. Nationalism is alive and well in both countries, but Thailand's flavor is much less strident. China seems to be a bit more angry, with something to prove, while Thailand is much more comfortable with its unique place in the world.
7. I'm constantly told the same thing when I tell people in Thailand that I live in China: "You know, labor is more expensive here, but you get better quality work too." Almost to a person, this was the response I heard — more than 10 times in just one day.
8. Thailand has a very well developed export base for automobiles, machinery and electronics, though China has some of this too.
9. Staffing in China is difficult in terms of retaining top-level local employees as well as in finding and retaining low-end factory labor. Thailand has a similarly tight market in top-level employees. The service levels are much higher in Thailand as is education in general. Professional standards seemhigher in Thailand as well.
10. The traffic in both Thailand and China is horrible, but each has its own perils. In China you are literally taking your life in your hands when you get into a car. Thailand is completely different. The traffic in Bangkok is so bad at almost all times of each and every day that it is estimated to lower Thailand's annual GDP by multiple points!
11. Banking (I can't believe I'm going to say this), but hands down China has better banks, both in terms of service and accessibility. In China if you need a bank, you can get one open from 8AM to 5PM 7 days a week. Thailand is 9AM to 3:30PM five days a week and off every holiday possible.
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev noted in some cases rising prices on gasoline, has instructed the energy Ministry and in charge of energy Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak in the next two days to hold consultations with the oil companies and stated that it would impose a prohibitive export duty, if in the course of these consultations the agreement on freezing of domestic prices of petroleum products will not be achieved.
«I would like one important position to identify. It is not connected with rail but it is, nevertheless, concerned about the huge number of people. I mean the prices of petroleum products. Despite the measures taken, still in many cases the rise in gasoline prices,» — said Medvedev at the meeting on the long-term development of Russian Railways until 2025.
In this regard he instructed the Ministry of energy and Kozak.
«I would like the energy Ministry directly in charge of Deputy Prime Minister held in the next few days consultations with our oil companies, where you would have agreed on that will be prepared and approved work plan and custodial agreement to maintain the current prices of petroleum products on the domestic market. Or within the next few days I'll have to sign the decision on whether to enter prohibitive duties on oil and oil products to the market situation was more stable,» — said the Prime Minister.
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To help you get there with ease we strongly encourage you to familiarise yourselves with the road closures, car parking locations and make use of the B2B Shuttle Bus service.
PARKINGParking for 8km event:
- Meteors Sports Club
- Car Park (next to Toondoon Botanic Gardens)
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Shuttle buses will be available from the CQUniversity Marina Campus to transport participants to the 8km and 3km race starting points before and after the race between 5:30am and approximately 11:00am.
- Buses to 8km and 3km start lines depart CQU between 5:30am - 6:45am
- Buses to 3km start line only departs CQU between 7:00am - 8:15am
- Last bus transporting participants back to start lines departs CQU at 11:00am
To ensure the safety of participants and the community, the following roads will be closed on event day:
- 5:00am - 9:45am Glenlyon Rd from Victoria Pde to Dixon Dr
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- 5:00am - 10:30am Ferris St from Glenlyon Rd to Goondoon St
- 5:00am - 10:30am Goondoon St from Ferris St to Lord St
- 5:00am - 10:30am Lord St from Goondoon St to Glenlyon Rd
- 5:00am - 10:00am Bryan Jordan Dr from Lord St to Yacht Club
Access to the Matthew Flinders (Gladstone Marina) Bridge will remain closed from 5:00am to 10:30am or until the last runners have returned to the Marina finish line. Access will be limited across Glenlyon Road, with Traffic Control positioned at Dixon Drive, Philip Street and Breslin Street to assist motorists; however, delays should be expected.
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The 10 Best Lump Charcoals
This wiki has been updated 23 times since it was first published in October of 2016. Got a hankering for some flavorful meat? Want to really show off at your next barbecue? Then consider switching to one of these lump charcoals. Made from pre-burned wood, it is the purest form of the fuel you'll find anywhere — no chemicals, additives, or lighter fluid added. That means you get nothing but delicious, wood-fired food, which is sure to make you the go-to burger flipper on the block. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best lump charcoal on Amazon.
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Hasty-Bake Hardwood If you want an authentic campfire flavor, then you might check out Hasty-Bake Hardwood. Sold in 15-pound bags, it's not too tough to store or carry, and it's produced with real Ozark hardwoods — and never any chemical additives that will change the flavor of your grub. hastybake.com
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Fogo All-Natural Premium, Kamado Joe, and Jealous Devil remain top names for a reason. They won't give you fits with either lighting or burning time, and they boast a flavor that's neither overpowering nor chemical-laden. They're packaged well, too, especially Jealous Devil, which comes in a resealable waterproof bag that's more robust than the bags used by most other brands. That may seem like a small detail, but you don't want humidity and moisture getting to your lump charcoal in storage.
We also decided to add Pok Pok Thaan, a Thai-style option, which is slightly different than pure lump charcoals, as it's extruded. This makes it better for a ceramic oven than a conventional open grill, because it tends to burn too quickly in the latter. Many people love it, however, because it comes in uniform shapes, thus capturing some of the convenience of briquettes but without the chemicals. It's also less expensive than most binchotan charcoals, so if you've been looking for something a little different than the same-old lump choices, but don't want to spend a mint, this could be one to try.
A Brief History Of Charcoal
By the 1930s, Ford dealerships were also selling portable grills and bags of charcoal.
Charcoal, a form of half-burnt wood that burns hotter and more slowly than regular logs, has been in use since at least 4000 B.C.E. Originating in Asia, early versions were made by covering wood with moist dirt and lighting the whole thing on fire.
These charred blocks soon became extremely important parts of everyday life. They were used for cooking in huts and homes, as they produced less smoke than other forms of fuel. In addition, blacksmiths used them to melt copper and tin in order to create bronze.
As a result, the creation of charcoal became a full-time job for thousands of people, known as colliers. Their product was so in-demand that entire forests in central Europe were decimated to provide colliers with the raw materials needed to do their jobs, and even today deforestation due to charcoal production is a major environmental concern.
Both the creation and use of charcoal would remain largely unchanged until the 1920s, when an American businessman by the name of Henry Ford found himself with an unusual dilemma. Ford's Model T's were sweeping the nation, and each car required about 100 board feet of hardwood to make. Cutting and shaping all that wood meant that there was plenty of scrap left over — and to Ford, that meant that he was wasting lots of money.
Ford commissioned a chemist from the University of Oregon to devise a way to turn that lumber into dense lumps of charcoal. He then tapped his cousin — a Michigan real estate agent named Edward Kingsford — to run a factory devoted to turning Ford's scrap into flammable gold.
By the 1930s, Ford dealerships were also selling portable grills and bags of charcoal. Unfortunately, the Great Depression put a damper on sales, and barbecuing took a backseat to survival. After WWII, however, there was plenty of disposable income and leisure time to go around, and the charcoal grill became a hit.
Today, over one million tons of wood scrap gets converted to charcoal every year, and it's used in everything from art and medicine to metallurgy and horticulture. Grilling is still its most famous use, however, and charcoal smoke can lend rich flavors to meat that propane could never hope to match.
The Best Way To Light A Charcoal Grill
Telling someone how to operate their grill is a sensitive subject, and may even be illegal in Texas. However, there are a few common mistakes people make when lighting their fires — some of which can completely defeat the purpose of using charcoal.
You should note, however, that you don't even need to use lighter fluid.
The most egregious party foul is going crazy with the lighter fluid. If you absolutely soak your briquettes, that will affect the taste of the meat — and very few people enjoy burgers that taste like gasoline. Some brands come pre-soaked, and if you use those you shouldn't have to add any extra fluid. You should note, however, that you don't even need to use lighter fluid. You can start a great fire with just a few crumpled-up newspapers and a chimney starter.
Don't start grilling until your coals are good and hot, either. You want them glowing red and covered with a thin layer of ash. Once they've gotten to that point, you can take them out of the starter and arrange them inside the grill.
If you expect that it will take a few hours to grill your meat, you should have some additional coals ready, as your original ones will likely burn out after sixty minutes or so. This is another reason to invest in a chimney starter, as you can have your second-string briquettes smoldering while you wait.
In fact, once your guests see you adding more coals to the fire, they may just elect you Grillmaster-for-Life (it's the highest elected office in Texas).
More Charcoal Grilling Tips
Getting your fire started is only the first step to a successful barbecue, of course. Once you add some meat to the equation, the risk of screwing something up increases exponentially. Luckily, I'm here to prevent that from happening.
It may not seem like much, but the manner in which you arrange your coals can make-or-break your cookout. Some meats, like hamburgers, can stand higher heat, and so you'll want to build a charcoal pyramid that brings the fire close to the grill.
Once you're done cooking, pour some water on the coals and stir them gently.
Other foods, like brisket, benefit from a low-and-slow approach. This means cooking them over indirect heat, which requires you to arrange your coals so that the meat isn't being constantly assaulted by the fire. Figure out how much heat your food can handle before you begin, and set up your coals accordingly.
Learn how to use the vents on your grill, as well. These are usually located on the cover and/or the bottom of the grill, and regulate how much air flow the coals receive. If you keep them completely open, your coals will burn extremely hot — but they also won't last long. Conversely, if you close them, you'll trap a lot of smoke inside (until the fire dies from lack of oxygen, that is).
Likewise, don't lift the lid any more than is absolutely necessary. Yes, the fear of burning the food is powerful, but lifting the lid actually increases the likelihood of that happening, as you're just feeding the fire. Only take the cover off to flip the food, and to occasionally check how done the meat is (using a thermometer, of course).
Once you're done cooking, pour some water on the coals and stir them gently. Let them sit for a day or so, then place them in a non-flammable container and throw them in the trash. Or, if you use a natural lump charcoal, you can feed it to your plants, as it makes an excellent fertilizer.
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ACT Electoral Commissioner announces retirement
The ACT's Electoral Commissioner, Phillip Green, has announced his intention to retire, after 23 years as the ACT's top electoral official.
Mr Green, who is currently on leave, will officially resign as Commissioner in August 2017.
Mr Green was appointed as the ACT's first full-time Electoral Commissioner in May 1994. He was responsible for the conduct of 7 general elections for the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2016.
During his tenure as Electoral Commissioner, Mr Green pioneered a range of electoral innovations in the ACT, including electronic voting and counting, scanning of ballot papers and networked electoral rolls in polling places.
A recruitment process to select a new Electoral Commissioner will commence in the near future. Mr Green's replacement will be appointed by the ACT Speaker, Ms Joy Burch MLA, following a merit selection process and consultation with the relevant ACT Legislative Assembly Committee and with the leaders of the political parties represented in the Assembly.
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We Have Reading Covered!
This week reading blankets will be handed out to grade one students in all Westwind Schools in celebration of International Literacy Day. The goal of the Westwind Board of Trustees is to help every single child to feel "warm and fuzzy" while they read and spark a life-long love of reading in students. We want every child to have a consistent place to read that is warm, comfortable and inviting.
Westwind recognizes that literacy is one of the most important life skills that we can teach our kids, and we are serious about making sure that all our students have a solid base from which to approach the rest of their education and life.
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Cancer and its treatment cause pain for many patients, whether from the location of a tumor, the tumor spreading to another area such as the bones, or from side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery.
"Each person is unique in their pain experiences, as well as how they respond to the pain and its medication," says Dan Gorman, NP, a nurse practitioner in Adult Palliative Care, a division of Dana-Farber's Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care. Gorman and his colleagues provide symptom management support for patients with all diagnoses, at any stage during their treatment. One of the ways they assist patients is through providing pain management medications.
When Should You Seek Pain Medication?
Patients are generally referred to palliative care by their oncologist when over-the-counter medications such as acetaminophen (e.g. Tylenol) or ibuprofen (e.g. Advil) are unable to manage their pain. Some patients may have also tried opioid pain medications as morphine, oxycodone, or dilaudid. Palliative care providers may consider different classes of opioid medications; other, non-opioid pain medications; or pain management options such as palliative radiation, nerve blockers, epidural catheter placements, or steroid injections, says Gorman.
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"When someone comes in for their first appointment, we'll obtain a thorough history, which includes a full assessment of their pain, what their primary experience has been, if they've used pain medication in the past, and if they've ever had problems with pain medication before," Gorman explains.
For cancer patients, palliative care clinicians will take into account medications patients are taking to treat their disease, often consulting with oncologists and palliative pharmacists. Some pain medications, Gorman notes, can cause adverse reactions and side effects when combined with certain cancer treatment protocols. On the other hand, some medications may be able to treat both pain and other cancer side effects, such as neuropathy, so patients should be open with their provider about any concerning cancer side effects. Palliative care clinicians will also consider how both pain and medications may affect patients' daily function and psychological well-being, taking into account how their quality of life may change with certain prescriptions.
Clinicians also review important safety information with patients. This includes taking medication as prescribed, storing medication safely out of children's reach, not sharing it with others, and safe disposal of unused medication. Gorman stresses that patients should never take more medication than prescribed. If the prescribed dosage isn't controlling the pain, patients should tell their provider so adjustments can be made.
Could I Become Addicted to Pain Medications?
Addiction is a common concern of patients, who may be worried that they'll become dependent on pain killers.
"Any concerns patients have, they should not hesitate to bring up with their provider," Gorman says. Patients who are concerned about addiction may ask how long they are going to be on the medication, and shouldn't be embarrassed to share any past addictions with their clinician. Sharing these addictive behaviors upfront can help clinicians better support patients.
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In Massachusetts, patients receiving opioid pain medications are required to sign an opioid medication management agreement, which stipulates that providers may ask for urine tests, among other monitoring, to ensure patients are taking medications safely and as prescribed. "It's a sensitive issue," Gorman explains. "But we want to make sure we're having honest conversations with our patients about why they're taking their medications and the appropriateness of it."


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The Knysna Municipal Youth Desk in partnership with the Youth Council will be hosting a Skills Development Summit and calls on the youth of Greater Knysna to participate and give input by 30 June 2019.
All Youth (16 – 35 years) within the Greater Knysna area are encouraged to give their input on ideas on training needs and skills development.
Community Services chairperson Councillor Salaze said, "For the youth to succeed in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution a new approach at skills is needed. The Skills Development Summit will take a different approach when comes to skills development. It will incorporate developing skills, creating jobs and growing the local economy.
"For this to be a success and be beneficial to our youth we need your input. Think of a skill you need to start that business idea you have always wanted to do, think of an industry that you would love to work in tell us what skills development do you require so we can tailor make this programme for your needs."
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MillerCoors, NBWA Decries Trump Tariffs
MillerCoors is bracing for a $40 million hit to its bottom line due to the imposition of tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel, CEO Gavin Hattersley told Bloomberg earlier this week.
The tariffs — 10 percent aluminum and 25 percent steel — will likely force the company to scale back investments and hit the pause button on hiring new employees, Hattersley said. It could also lead to increased beer prices, he added, noting that the company's shareholders won't simply accept a $40 million hit to it profits.
"It doesn't work that way," he told the outlet.
Raising beer prices isn't without consequences, though. Hattersley said even a $.50 increase in 12-pack prices would hurt the company's market share.
Meanwhile, in an op-ed on the Morning Consult website, National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) president and CEO Craig Purser agreed that wholesalers, retailers and consumers "will be forced to pay more for beer."
"Instead of implementing risky trade gambles, we should embrace our international trading partners in a way that champions American business and further strengthens our economy," Purser wrote.
The Trump administration doesn't appear to be wavering. Earlier today, the U.S. announced it would impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods starting July 6. China's Commerce Ministry has accused the U.S. of starting a trade war and plans to respond with its own tariffs on U.S. goods. Earlier this month, the exemption on tariffs expired for Canada, the European Union and Mexico. All three nations have said they will retaliate.
Dave McLean Out at Magnolia
Less than a year after the brewery he founded was sold out of chapter 11 bankruptcy, Dave McLean has left Magnolia Brewing Company, according to Eater San Francisco.
McLean, who founded Magnolia in 1997 and recently launched Admiral Maltings, told Eater that the split with the new ownership group — which was led by New Belgium Brewing Company and includes Oud Beersel and Elysian Brewing co-founder Dick Cantwell — was "amicable."
The group has appointed Brian Reccow, whose company, Specialistas, guided Magnolia through the bankruptcy and acquisition, as its new CEO. It will also temporarily close Magnolia's Smokestack barbecue joint on June 18 for renovations. When the renamed Magnolia Dogpatch reopens in August, it will feature a new menu and beer garden.
Jester King Takes On Additional Owners
Austin, Texas-based Jester King announced Thursday that it had added four employees — Averie Swanson, tasting room manager Eric Kukla, artist Josh Cockrell and operations manager Matt Piper — to its ownership ranks.
"They were given equity in recognition of their years of hard work and great service," co-founder Jeffrey Stuffings told Brewbound in an email. "They also were given the option to purchase equity as part of our recent land preservation efforts, which they did."
Last month, Jester King purchased the remaining 107 acres of Ceres Park Ranch, where the brewery has been located since 2010.
Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Goose Island
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Massachusetts men who were unsatisfied with Anheuser-Busch-owned Goose Island's refund process for infected bottles of its Bourbon County Stout, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The judge found that Goose Island's offer of $8,000 to Jeff Roach and Scott Kaplan was sufficient, the outlet reported.
Goose Island recalled the 2015 edition of its popular Bourbon County beers due to off flavors and offered consumers refunds. Roach and Kaplan filed the lawsuit in February 2017, claiming they were unable to collect their refunds for more than 50 bottles of Bourbon County beers due to the process being "underpublicized and available for an unreasonably short period of time."
Goose Island made its $8,000 offer to the men in April 2017, which the company's attorneys said was "the maximum amount potentially available to them." However, the men rejected the offer in pursuit of a class-action lawsuit.
Brewery Closures in Chicago, Washington and Virginia
After opening a 25,000 sq. ft. brewery three years ago, Chicago's Baderbrau Brewing has ceased production and is now selling its operation, according to the Chicago Tribune.
According to data from the Brewers Association (BA), Baderbrau's brewpub sold about 7,750 barrels of beer and contract brewed about 6,500 barrels for other beer companies in 2017.
In Spokane, Washington, Orlison Brewing has ceased production of its own beer and shuttered its taproom, according to the Spokesman-Review. However, Orlison will continue making beer on a contract basis for No-Li Brewhouse, according to the outlet.
Owner Orlin Reinbold told the Spokesman-Review that increased competition on- and off-premise as well as a lack of parking and food service at Orlison's taproom hurt sales. Last year, the company sold 1,265 barrels of beer, according to the BA.
"The profit margin you're making on canned beer is almost nothing," Reinbold, whose primary business is in running grass seed companies, told the outlet. "You have to be doing such high volumes to make any money."
And after just one year in business, Twisted Ales Craft Brewing in Manchester, Virginia, is closing, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Owner Jason Price, who is moving to Raleigh, North Carolina, for an IT job, is attempting to sell the facility.
NBWA Beer Purchasers' Index Expands Again
The NBWA's Beer Purchasers' Index — which helps explain U.S. beer distributors' monthly purchasing behavior — expanded for the second consecutive month with a reading of 59 in May. However, the reading was two points below May 2017 levels.
According to the NBWA, "a reading greater than 50 indicates the segment is expanding," while "a reading below 50 indicates the segment is contracting."
Both the imports (index of 71) and craft (index of 55) expanded, but at slower rates than the previous year. Cider continued to show signs of recovery with a reading of 42, despite continued contraction. Meanwhile, the premium light segment contracted with a reading of 42.
Florida Beer Co. Parent Company Pays $40,000 to TTB
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has accepted a $40,000 offer in compromise from Indian River Beverage Company, which operates as Florida Beer Co. in Cape Canaveral. The brewery was acquired in 2016 by ANSA McAL based in Trinidad and Tobago.
According to the TTB, Indian River Beverage Corporation failed to properly classify wine/cider for tax purposes, and the company also failed to pay or report its federal excise tax between August 16, 2011, and December 31, 2016.
A-B's Budweiser Brand Salutes Vegas Golden Knights
Anheuser-Busch InBev's Budweiser brand celebrated the Vegas Golden Knight's rise from 500 to 1 underdog to the Stanley Cup finals. Although the NHL expansion team ultimately succumbed to the Washington Capitals, Budweiser highlighted the unexpected season with a video that features music from Las Vegas band The Killers.
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As you may have guessed the evening did include some Harry Potter references and Patrick revealing which house he had once been sorted into, but it didn't start out that way.
The evening in fact began, as many author events do, with rapturous applause before Patrick launched into a very exciting and enthusiastic reading. Beginning on page 216 and discussing the satyrical nature of the book - making me believe the name should have been 'Mikey just wants to go to college but the town's too weird and everyone's called Finn' - he really drew the packed out crowd into the story and made me want to read it even more.
This was then followed by a Q+A where Patrick discussed the YA genre, how he writes (generally always knowing the last line) and the upcoming A Monster Calls movie. He also told fans of The Knife of Never Letting Go, and a potential movie, to be optimistic and patient. Fingers crossed, that hopefully sounds like good news!
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It was a fantastic evening listening to Patrick's thoughts, and he of course was asked about the amazing fundraiser he began just over (under at the time) a week ago. If you don't know it, check it out; LINK. Though I unfortunately couldn't stay for the signing, it was an amazing experience that I'm glad I attended. The Rest Of Us is, quite obviously, my current read and a review should be up soon. Keep your eyes peeled!
For now, well done Patrick on the amazing book that is The Rest of Us, and the fabulous fundraising!
Holly @TheArtsShelf


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Saturday, May 23, 2009
What's fine about fine art?
The gallery director (not the owner) told me one wouldn't rate as 'fine art' with her since they're just dogs being dogs, whereas the other she would describe as 'fine art' because it's not just being a dog, it's more arty and it has an idea.
I said for my money the dogs being dogs had character, personality and were more finely sculpted with a great deal of style. While the arty one seemed quirky more than fine. Maybe the fineness of the idea eluded me.I said, since I thought they were very finely made, I'd call the regular dogs 'fine art', and the other one 'quirky art'.She mentioned that the quirky/arty one she had been championing had been her choice to bring in to the gallery, so that may have explained her harder sell!
On a different note, my hoodrat is now finished and installed, and as soon as I get a nice sunny day to get some pics of him showing off around town I'll post a few!
3 comments:
- Unknown said...
I am in total agreement with you. That great dane is stunning and it takes far more skill to make its structure and musculature look authentic.
The "quirky" one will be dated, while the classic one will be enjoyed theoretically ages equally.
(Your work is most assuradely fine art btw)
- May 23, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- becky nielsen said...
I think they're both wonderful! The Great Dane is gorgeous, you want to hug him - and me with allergies! And the dog doing tricks says so much - the idea is fabulous and the fact that its dogness is less finely crafted doesn't make the "art" less fine to me. You're right, it's quirky in a way, but does fine art mean serious realistic art? I have no idea - haven't had years of art education so that's my humble question. But I really like this blog, your art, and the question you raise.
- May 24, 2009 at 5:13 AM
Great points of view! Proving once again that art is in the eye of the beholder. I love the Great Dane because that type of sculpture is hard to make "look right" and I love the dog doing tricks for the way it describes both the very idea of dogs loving to show off and the need to learn "tricks" to succeed.
Two different approaches, two different ideas, much as Rodin and Calder were both sculptors and both artists. Fine artists.
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By Colin Ryan
Everyone's a critic, and that goes double when it comes to the blogosphere. While you're not likely to see the often-virulent attacks that characterize YouTube pages and high-traffic media portals, chances are if you have a blog, you're bound to have some negative comments.
While a lot of criticism can certainly hurt your blog, and while there's no room for just-plain-rudeness, there are a number of reasons to to welcome some negative feedback in the comments section. Here are five of them.
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When you're struggling to create lots of engaging content on a consistent basis, it's easy to get lazy with both your sources and your arguments. Enabling comments ensures that in the event you let your quality slip, someone else will be there to call you out—and there are few motivators better than a critical reader.
Negative comments give you a second chance.
Let's say that thanks to an oversight, or despite your best efforts, you've failed to impress one of your readers. Without the ability to comment, that person will probably click away from your blog for good, and you'll have blown a lead. Turning on comments will keep skeptical readers invested long enough for you to respond and either prove them wrong, or acknowledge a flaw—both of which can demonstrate your professional merits.
Negative comments show you respect your readers.
By allowing negative comments, you're telling readers that you're interested in their opinions. By participating in the conversation yourself, you're showing that you're willing to step down from your criticism-free ivory tower and engage readers on their level. Either way, you'll be humanizing yourself—and last I checked, people much prefer to do business with humans.
Negative comments improve your chops.
Responding to comments is a lot different from writing blog posts. In some ways, it's easier—other commenters, for instance, can provide you with a wealth of ideas to riff on. Nevertheless, commenting requires you to hone the diplomatic and social aspects of your writing, which regular posts rarely require. Responding to negative comments also gives you practice as a critic, which can come in handy for writing about more controversial subjects.
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It may sound nasty, but providing quality criticism in the comments of other people's blog posts can earn you the esteem of your target audience on their own turf and create backlinks to your own writing. Just remember to be as respectful as possible and focus on blogs with lots of readers–otherwise, you'll look like you're picking on the little guy. Alternatively, you can also attract the attention of writers you admire by coming to their defense, increasing your chances of getting a valuable plug or a guest post.
Have you had any experiences you'd like to share involving negative comments? Tell us your story in the…er…comments.
Published on September 18, 2011
Written by Colin Ryan
As the Brand Manager at Placester, it's my goal to cut through all the jargon and provide real estate professionals with insights and strategies for using our solutions to grow their businesses online.