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News about wildfires, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 7, 2015
Wildfire in northern Idaho destroys at least six homes and forces about 300 residents to evacuate area. MORE
Jun. 30, 2015
Families of 19 firefighters who lost their lives in battling raging wildfire in 2013 settle lawsuits with Arizona State Forestry Division; settlement's agreements include more than $600,000 in compensation for families and acknowledgement that commanders' misguided decisions put firefighters at great risk. MORE
Apr. 16, 2015
At least 29 people die in brush fires raging through Siberia for nearly a week. MORE
Apr. 7, 2015
Study published in Ecological Monographs warns that rising risk of forest fires in exclusion zone around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is putting Europe in danger of radioactive contamination; research shows that fires there in 2002, 2008 and 2010 have cumulatively redistributed estimated 8 percent of original amount of cesium-137 released in 1986 disaster. MORE
Jan. 6, 2015
Australian officials say large uncontrolled wildfire that has raged for days in southern part of country has badly damaged or destroyed more than two dozen homes and compelled thousands of residents to flee. MORE
Oct. 19, 2014
Mary Pauline Lowry Lives essay describes coming to terms with her pyromania, which led her to work on crew of wildland firefighters. MORE
Oct. 11, 2014
California officials reactivate state's 22 firefighting air tankers, days after one of the aircraft crashed in Yosemite National Park, killing pilot. MORE
Oct. 9, 2014
California's fleet of air tankers is temporarily grounded after one of the planes crashes while battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park, killing the pilot. MORE
Oct. 8, 2014
Air tanker fighting a wildfire near Yosemite National Park in Northern California crashes; there is no immediate word on the state of the plane or the pilot, who was the only person aboard. MORE
Sep. 20, 2014
Higher humidity helps slow the growth of a large wildfire in Northern California that authorities say was set deliberately and forced about 2,800 people to evacuate. MORE
Sep. 19, 2014
Wildfire in Placerville, Calif, triples in size to 71,000 acres and forces evacuation of 2,000 people; forest fire is only 5 percent contained; Wayne Huntsman is arrested and charged with arson. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
Officials in northern California say fire driven by fierce winds raced through small town Weed, near the Oregon border, damaging or destroying 100 homes and prompting evacuation orders for at least 1,500 people. MORE
Aug. 17, 2014
Fernanda Santos travel article describes trip to Sawtooth National Recreation Area, in Idaho's backcountry, which offers both spectacular forest and desert scenery and chance to view aftermath and recovery from wildfires; fire-affected areas present their own beauty. MORE
Aug. 12, 2014
Biologists are struggling to find ways to protect giant sequoias, some of world's oldest and most storied trees, from drought, forest fires and climate change threatening California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. MORE
Aug. 8, 2014
Keith Matthew Emerald is charged with starting massive wildfire in California in 2013, blaze that charred 400 square miles in Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest. MORE
Jul. 22, 2014
Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest continue to rage, burning hundreds of thousands of acres and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate homes in Washington State and Oregon. MORE
Jul. 12, 2014
Firefighters work to contain a fire that has burned grass and brush across nearly 30 square miles in central Washington State. MORE
Jul. 1, 2014
Residents of Prescott, Ariz, commemorate first anniversary of tragic deaths of 19 firefighters who lost their lives battling raging wildfire on June 30, 2013, deadliest day for firefighters since Sept 11, 2001; events are held across city for three days to salute those who sacrificed their lives. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Question of money is driving divisions in Prescott, Ariz, even as city and its residents approach the first anniversary of tragedy that killed 19 firefighters; 12 of 19 families are suing state, its forestry division and the incident commanders in charge when and before deaths occurred, pushing to find out how a seemingly routine assignment could have gone so wrong. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
Op-Ed article by former Agriculture Dept officials Dan Glickman and Harris Sherman warns that wildfires across the Western United States have grown in heat, intensity and size; examines reasons for increase of megafires; calls for federal policies and budgets that are designed to create healthy forest and reduce likelihood of catastrophic fires, as well as sufficient money to fight fires when they do occur. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Officials say that rain forecast may help crews gain control over large, wind-whipped wildfire in Alaska that began May 19. MORE
May. 20, 2014
Gov Jerry Brown is portraying California as the front line of climate change, saying effects of man-made global warming are devastating the state; draws direct link between climate change and both the record-setting drought that has left the state parched and the early-season wildfires that have broken out across California. MORE
May. 17, 2014
California residents are just beginning to assess damage and determine causes after 11 wildfires consume more 20,000 acres across San Diego County; fire crews continue to struggle to get five of the blazes under control. MORE
May. 16, 2014
Firefighters in California are battling nearly three dozen blazes that have forced more than 23,000 people from their homes, weeks before normal fire season begins; extended drought and winds blowing toward coast fuel dire predictions of worst year yet. MORE
May. 14, 2014
Wildfire roaring through Southern California forces evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes, as a high-pressure system brings unseasonable heat and gusty winds to the state. MORE
Apr. 14, 2014
Voracious forest fire spreads through port city of Valparaiso, Chile, leaving at least 12 people dead and more than 500 families homeless. MORE
Apr. 8, 2014
Smoke from brush fire in Wharton State Forest in New Jersey, about 90 miles south of New York City, becomes trapped in a weather system known as an inversion; smoke, unable to disperse into the atmosphere, travels to New York, allowing city residents to experience woodsmoke smell. MORE
Mar. 21, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, determine that striking a rock while swinging a titanium golf club can create a shower of sparks that are hot enough, and last long enough, to start a brush fire; finding clears up mystery of what started two recent golf course fires in Southern California, including one that burned 25 acres and injured a firefighter. MORE
Feb. 23, 2014
Pres Obama's annual budget request will propose that Congress pay costs of fighting extreme wildfires in same way it finances federal responses to disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes; administration argues that proposal reflects ways in which climate change is increasing risk for and cost of those fires. MORE
Jan. 17, 2014
Fast-moving brush fire scorches at least 1,700 acres of land in Glendora, Calif, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, and police say three campers have been arrested in connection with blaze. MORE
Dec. 19, 2013
Former firefighter Zane Wallace Peterson pleads not guilty to murder and arson in connection with a wildfire that killed one person and destroyed dozens of homes in rural Northern California. MORE
Dec. 5, 2013
Arizona safety commission issues fines totaling $559,000 against the Arizona State Forestry Division, saying agency put firefighters in unnecessary danger while battling wildfires in summer of 2013; contends that understaffing and weak leadership contributed to deaths of 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. MORE
Nov. 27, 2013
Burden of fighting wildfires has been shifted to the states and local jurisdictions due to cuts at federal agencies, even as they struggle under the weight of a sluggish economy; states like Arizona, California and Nevada have begun relying on prison crews as a solution. MORE
Nov. 9, 2013
Editorial calls on Pres Obama to veto Senate bill that would authorize and even require timber companies to conduct salvage logging in areas burned by forest fires; argues that practice causes significant environmental damage in already weakened ecosystems. MORE
Nov. 8, 2013
Groveland Journal; Groveland, Calif, was affected first by massive wildfire, and then the federal government shutdown, causing havoc for businesses in a small town that depends on tourists drawn to Yosemite National Park. MORE
Oct. 21, 2013
Firefighters in New South Wales, Australia, are battling fires stretching along 190-mile front, some of most destructive ever to strike the region; cause of fires is under investigation. MORE
Sep. 29, 2013
Official investigative report on Arizona forest fire that killed 19 firefighters does not assign blame for tragedy, saying the men followed procedure but ended up trapped. MORE
Sep. 22, 2013
Paul Tullis article notes new wildfire research is helping scientists understand how fire starts and how to live with it. MORE
Sep. 14, 2013
Federal Emergency Management Agency again denies Arizona Gov Jan Brewer's request for a disaster declaration for the Yarnell Hill fire, which killed 19 firefighters. MORE
Sep. 10, 2013
Air quality officials are warning residents of San Joaquin Valley, Calif, of potential health hazards because of increasing ozone levels and smoke from lingering wildfires. MORE
Sep. 6, 2013
United States Forest Service says huge wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park was caused by an illegal fire set by a hunter; no arrests have been made. MORE
Sep. 5, 2013
Arizona Gov Jan Brewer appeals federal government decision to deny major disaster declaration for village Yarnell, which was heavily damaged in wildfire that also killed 19 firefighters. MORE
Aug. 30, 2013
Closure of an entrance to Yosemite National Park due to massive wildfire just miles away has caused tourist traffic, and the business it brings, to disappear on park's northwest edge; sixth-largest fire in California history has scorched more than 43,300 acres of parkland, although most burn damage is outside park. MORE
Aug. 27, 2013
San Francisco officials are planning how to divert water from other sources in case their main reservoir Hetch Hetchy becomes unfit for consumption due to wildfire burning deeper into Yosemite National Park; scientists say water that exceeds turbidity standards will have to be filtered, but large fires in watershed areas can also create longer-term problems for water quality. MORE
Aug. 26, 2013
Wildfire near Yosemite National Park continues to grow, prompting mandatory evacuation orders for some residents and threatening San Francisco's water and power supplies; so-called Rim Fire has burned about 134,000 acres so far, making it 14th largest fire in California's recorded history. MORE
Aug. 23, 2013
Wildfire near Yosemite National Park in California more than triples in size, shutting down nearby businesses and leading tourists to leave the area during peak season. MORE
Aug. 22, 2013
United States Forest Service is diverting $600 million from timber, recreations and other areas because it is runing out of money to fight wildfires at the season peak. MORE
Aug. 19, 2013
Questions about how to compensate the families of dead firefighters have a greater resonance in 2013, one of the deadliest years for wildfire crews in decades; firefighter families say financial lifelines provided by the government are distributed inequitably, and are largely dependent on whether the firefighters were full time or part time and whether they were employed by local, state or federal governments or private contractors. MORE
Aug. 17, 2013
About 1,600 homes near mountain resort community of Sun Valley in Idaho are ordered evacuated as a wind-driven wildfire torches its way through sage and pine trees. MORE
Aug. 15, 2013
Wildfire in Utah threatens hundreds of homes after destroying more than a dozen others outside resort town Park City. MORE
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Idaho: 300 Are Evacuated as Wildfire Destroys Homes
A wildfire in northern Idaho has destroyed at least six homes and forced about 300 residents in an upscale lakeside community to evacuate as it spread to more than three square miles on Monday.
July 7, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES AND: Fires and Firefighters , Wildfires , Evacuations and Evacuees , Idaho
California Drought Takes Some Sparkle Out of Fireworks Displays
This year in Cupertino, patriotism might have finally met its match: the California drought.
July 4, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES AND: Fireworks , California , Independence Day (US) (July 4) , Drought , Water , Wildfires , Cupertino (Calif)
Arizona Settles Cases With Relatives of 19 Who Died Fighting Wildfire
The settlements, announced Monday, included compensation for the families and an acknowledgment that commanders' decisions put the elite firefighting crew at risk.
June 30, 2015, Tuesday
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In Texas, the Race to Build in Harm's Way Outpaces Flood-Risk Studies and Warming Impacts
In Texas's exurban counties, a population and building boom has outpaced efforts to cut flash-flood risks and dominates any impact so far from climate change.
May 26, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES AND: Austin (Tex) , Blanco (Tex) , Houston (Tex) , Myrtle Beach (SC) , North Carolina , Oklahoma , Army Corps of Engineers , Texas A&M University , Texas State University , Aquifers , Census , Floods , Global Warming , Population , Rain , Wildfires
Russia: Siberian Fires Spread
Dozens have died in raging brush fires that emergency workers have been unable to quell for nearly a week.
April 16, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES AND: Fires and Firefighters , Wildfires , Deaths (Fatalities) , Siberia
Forest Fires Threaten New Fallout From Chernobyl
According to a new computer analysis, wildfires near the nuclear plant have cumulatively redistributed an estimated 8 percent of the original amount of cesium-137 released in the disaster.
April 7, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES AND: Chernobyl (Ukraine) , Wildfires , Radiation , Ecological Monographs (Journal) , Nuclear Energy
Fire Forces Thousands to Flee
More than two dozen homes have been destroyed or badly damaged and about 30 people have sought medical treatment as a result of a huge wildfire in southern Australia, officials said Monday.
January 6, 2015, Tuesday
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Three Years After Fire, a New Culprit Threatens a Texas Park's Rebirth
As shrubs and seedlings take hold in scorched Bastrop State Park, whitetail deer are thriving, and concerning officials enough so that they have decided to allow hunting.
November 30, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON FOREST AND BRUSH FIRES AND: Bastrop State Park (Tex) , Wildfires , Texas , Texas Parks and Wildlife Department , Forests and Forestry , Area Planning and Renewal , Parks and Other Recreation Areas
Warmer World Might See More Lightning
A model of predicted lightning strikes estimates an increase on the order of 50 percent if warming continues unchecked through this century.
November 14, 2014, Friday
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Videos Add Details in Fatal Arizona Wildfire, but Big Question Remains
Newly released videos document the search for 19 wilderness firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill fire last year, but do not explain why the men left a relatively safe spot before their deaths.
November 11, 2014, Tuesday
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That and a load of blade-bearing, blood-thirsty maniacs (gender undetermined and largley irrelevant in this scenario) bearing down on your hearth and home perhaps - you certainly wouldn't ask them in for tea would you... ?
Fight or flight I believe and don't stick around to find out where they keep their socks
There are numerous historical instances of female warriors - the Celts certainly had women warriors and Boudicca and her daughters are a notable recorded instance of women leading the Iceni (and squishing Roman-held Colchester, London and St. Albans more or less) in retaliation for getting raped and generally beaten to a pulp in their settlement in Norfolk after being stripped of their territorial rights when Boudicca's husband died - the Romans did not recognise women as co-rulers which was the case with Celtic tribes in Britain at that time.
Anti-war activism is very laudable and I agree Polly should have not got dragged back into the army as a man or a woman, but if you are being attacked on your doorstep, your principles tend not to be respected do they?


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i was at the grocery store, stocking yup with my favourite almond milk ( really love blue diamond vanilla! ) and i was a little confused, because i also saw lactose-free milks. i didn't get them this time around, but thought, ok maybe i can try it next time...however, i'm confused because so many lactose-intolerant individuals will drink this, but then i recall being told these are not vegan?
i read the label and i didn't see anything along the lines of milk / creme or dairy? just wondering what the difference was between plant-based milk, nut/seed milk, and Lactose-free milk.
Lactose-free milk products are still cow's milk, only with the enzyme lactase added to them. Lactase breaks down lactose during digestion and is what diminishes from our guts after weaning.
So yes, it's still cow's milk.
Susan Levin, MS, RDPCRM Director of Nutrition Education
Maybe think of it this way. Decaffinated coffee is still coffee.Jen
Thanks Susan, for clearing this up - it's good that I didn't buy it and drink, thinking 'this is vegan!' haha. Yes, I think I understand...it is really the same thing as regular milk, but it has the enzyme? Lactase added to help people drink it, who are lactose-intolerant. But still has casein which after reading about the addictive properties, well no wonder dairy is so hard to quit.
And Jen, well - yes decaf is indeed still coffee, but very different, since decaf probably will not make you feel as awake or keep you up at night!
There's an easy way to know if something is vegan or not - is it part of an animal or did it come from part of an animal? If an animal is in there somewhere - milk, eggs, meat, then it is not vegan. If you can look at something and not find any animals involved, then it is vegan. There are a few 'odd' cases like white sugar which may be bleached using animal bone char where you can't tell by looking, but most of the time it's pretty easy to tell if it's a plant or not a plant.
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As you say, Deb, sugar can be bleached with animal char, but candies like jelly beans, fruit gums etc. also contain gelatin made from the connective tissue of animals and this may not be obvious on the packaging - so even "sugar-free" versions of these candies can still not be vegan. (now I just stare at wine gums in the store for a minute...and keep walking)
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Not to belabour the point, but what I meant was - sugar-free (no animal char) items can still not be vegan due to the gelatin it contains. Many people are unaware of where "most" gelatin comes from. Candies and other items using vegan gelatin would normally be labelled so....no? How does one know if it's vegan or from connective tissue? How is it identified on the label?
yes, it will usually say 'vegan' or 'non-animal' - for instance, some cheeses are made with vegan or non-animal rennet, I've occasionally seen "plant based rennet" listed. Even 'non-dairy' cheeses sometimes are not vegan - they are made for lactose intolerant folks, not necessarily vegans. They might also have casein, milk protein, because that isn't an issue for lactose intolerance. Even wines, I've seen those that say 'vegan' on the label - anything else may not be.
Bottom line, I guess, is to (a) learn the terms - what words generally mean it has an animal product (like gelatin, casein, whey) (b) make more things from scratch and use less packaged products because then you know pretty clearly what you put into it
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State that sustainability is a priority in all enquiries and also brief all staff accordingly.
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My story begins with a trip I made with my father, Ron, back in 2000. He was on his way to purchase his first ZR-1 (one of three he currently owns-two '95s and one '94 Lingenfelter 385) from H&H Corvette in Orlando, Florida. During the trip I caught the bug and purchased my own first Corvette, a Competition Yellow automatic LT1. This was to be the "gentlemen's hot rod" replacement for my '90 351ci supercharged and nitrous-injected Mustang. After a year of modifying the LT1 with readily available bolt-on parts, it was still very underpowered compared with a stock ZR-1, so the search began to upgrade to "The King of the Hill."
The decision to step up wasn't solely horsepower based; it also had much to do with the mystique, the engineering, and the history behind these vehicles. Prior to making the decision, I had read The Heart of the Beast: History of the LT5 V-8 and ZR-1 Corvette, by Anthony Young. Having spent my career as an engineering manager overseeing new-product design and manufacturing, both the mechanical and political elements behind the ZR-1 hit home, and I knew the car was something I wanted to own. In addition, I credit my father for giving me my passion for cars (I grew up not at little-league games, but at the dragstrip) and instilling in me a technical appreciation for advanced performance vehicles like the ZR-1.
In March 2002, while attending a yearly Chevy and Corvette show in Chicago, I stumbled upon a low-mile 1995 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 for sale. The owner was taking down names and bids with the plan of letting the car go to the highest bidder. After some lengthy discussions with both him and his wife, he agreed to end his unofficial biding early and sell me the car for a very reasonable sum (about $10K under the typical dealer asking price at the time). The car had already gone through three owners before I made the purchase. But even though it was only seven years old, it only had 4,800 miles on the odometer.
After I got the car home and started inspecting it in detail, I noticed that the underside of the chassis was signed and dated "12/23/94." Wanting to know more, I contacted the original owner to get the story. As it turns out, he was an avid car collector, and this particular ZR-1 was the sixth and final one he had added to his collection. The story, as conveyed to me, was that he and his wife attended a Bowling Green plant tour on the last day of production for '94 models, when his car was scheduled to be built. Thanks to some high-profile connections, he was able to select the seats, assist in the wheel installation, sign and date the underside in a yellow marker, and be the first to turn the key and start the car.
He went on to say that this particular car was also used in a "ZR-1s by the Years" photo shoot during a National Corvette Museum event celebrating the production of the last ZR-1. At the end of our conversation, he offered to trade me for a new '02 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible, but I knew I had a great find, so I declined.
Because of the rare nature of this ZR-1, the complexity of the LT5 engine, and the scarcity of replacement parts, my original plan was to leave the car alone and enjoy it in stock form. My resolve lasted only a few months, however, before I caught the bug to modify my new beast. It wasn't long before I realized that-aside from a few exhaust systems, air intakes, and clutches-aftermarket parts for the ZR-1 were essentially nonexistent. The low-volume nature of the vehicle meant that most manufacturers simply didn't see a viable market for such products.
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One off writing jobs are nice, but some of the more sustainable money comes from working with larger clients with steady work to offer. Last month, freelance marketplace Contently held its annual content summit, where the best of the best in brand publishing gathered to share ideas and tips for freelance writers looking to pick up more work from corporate editorial platforms. Lucky for us, they found time to discuss top qualities that make freelancers stand out giving us a look into the mindset of clients:
I have to see what they actually write and also how fast they write. What we're looking for is people that are able to turn really great content really efficiently."
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The most critical thing is that all of our freelance writers do the research, so they have to discover really interesting stories. They have to have a knack for discoverability."
Tarek Pertew, Co-Founder, Wakefield Media
The most important thing is that the've read the site that they're pitching to and they know what kind of stuff we write…We get a lot of emails from people emails from people who say, 'I'm a freelance writer who writes about X and I would like to write for your publication.' Well, if you write finance, we're not going to put it on a fashion site, so you're just kind of shooting your foot with that.
– Meghan Graham, VP of Women's Content, DEFY Media
There's no such thing as work-life balance. It simply doesn't exist. This short film from The School of Life explains why that is—and why that's great:
Our brains are not designed or evolved to be maximally efficient at any one thing…. The price we pay for being generalists is that we'll be less good at any one of the many activities we perform than someone who did only one thing their whole life long….
We should realize that our less than completely optimal performance is down to one very understandable thing: that we've chosen breadth and variety over total focus and narrow perfection. And that's a very wise choice….
Unfortunately our society has set up an absurd idea that it will be possible to do many things and do them all completely well…. A perfectly optimal career and a perfectly optimal home life. This is a mad idea…. That you're doing too much and none of it without mistakes isn't a sign that your life has gone wrong; it's a sign of a very wise and understandable position: that you've opted for imperfect variety over flawless focus.
Instead of fretting over maintaining that mythical state of balance between your work and your personal life (which for many creatives and entrepreneurs are the same thing anyway) in which you're killing it in both areas and keeping them in perfect proportion, focus on being the most effective version of yourself across the board by playing to your strengths and investing in yourself. Not the most flawless or the most organized or the most productive version of yourself; the most effective.
And savor the fact that you get to be so many different things for so many different people towards so many different ends. As the film states, "Work-life balance is impossible because everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."
Creative blocks are an obvious foe to work; however, getting lost in creativity can be just as inefficient. Although we strive to reach those moments where we can get completely lost in our work, we also lose all sense of time. We usually don't view this a problematic as we deem the time as productive. However, when we use our creativity as our profession and have multiple clients, losing track of time can be a huge pitfall. During the FITC Conference, director and illustrator Ash Thorp explains how he avoids getting trapped within his own creativity:
I set a timer, an alarm on my phone. I just sit there and tell Siri, 'set an alarm for 8:30, set an alarm for 9:00, set an alarm for 11:30.' Basically, every moment that I have to break a chapter. So at 11:00 if I have a call, I set an alarm on my phone. We're creative people, so when I get in the mood of creating, time flies. When you're creating, time doesn't exist, so I have to bring myself back to reality. I end up really hating my phone because it's always pulling me out of these really fun experiences. But it's part of discipline, if you want to be professional, it's part of the practice, at least for me. So I set alarms and it gets me back on my tasks that I need to do and I just smash through it. It's crazy, but by organizing and having this process, I am easily able to double how efficient I am in the past six months.
It's so easy to become totally consumed by a project. The challenge is to turn that creative energy into a tool that works to your advantage. Thorp challenges us to carefully examine our creative process and find pitfalls so we can avoid them in future work. This includes writing down daily habits into a physical document as a way to track performance. In an article for Fast Company, Bryan Collins explains that this is already a common practice for athletes and business professionals, so why not creatives? In Thorp's case, he organizes his time into specific chapters depending on his daily schedule. Collins suggests breaking it down into 25 minute work periods so you have an equal time value to compare your accomplishments. For example, Collins records when he started, what he wrote, and his word count to find ways he can improve his writing:
This self-quantification will help you identify blocks in your workflow and figure out the times and occasions when you're most productive as a writer. It will also help you see the types of writing projects you're good at and those that take longer. I thought I was at my best writing at night, but this tracking helped me figure out I write best first thing in the morning before I check email or the news.
Both methods include a timer to pull you out of your creative dimension and back to reality. You may need to take time to focus on another client's work, or simply be aware how long a particular task takes to complete. Managing your creative time will allow you to accomplish more. Remember to use your creativity and not get lost to it.
Consider that between the ages of 6 and 60, an average woman will spend roughly 287 days rifling through her wardrobe. It's a time-consuming process for men too; they clock in at approximately 13 minutes per day (women average 10 minutes/day). If you accept that time and energy are finite resources, choosing what to wear each day seems to be counterproductive. If you want to reduce your decision fatigue by simplifying this process, you're not alone. As a matter of fact, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Albert Einstein, and Barack Obama have been known wear the same outfit every day. A Sweden-based art director, Matilda Kahl, has become an overnight sensation for wearing the same outfit every day for a year. In an interview with Adweek, she reflects on the power of her work uniform:
Adweek: What was your main motivation behind adopting a work uniform of a white blouse, black trousers and a black blazer?
Kahl: The main motivation was that I understood how much time and energy I'd save if I could just take out the clothing aspect of my working days. We have so many great creative challenges at Saatchi that I'd rather spend my time on that, not picking out a new outfit every morning.
Adweek: Would you say the work uniform has changed your productivity at work?
Kahl: Absolutely. It's not until you don't have to care about clothing anymore that you realize how much energy it actually took up before. Before I had a uniform, I reevaluated my outfit throughout the day, wondering if what I was wearing really did a good job of reflecting me as the creative I want to be. Now, when I have an outfit that I once picked out and that I'm happy with, I can lay all my good energy on my work instead. To only be judged on my creative ability at work and not how well I dress really is a real confidence boost.
This is hardly an original idea. Consider that men have been wearing suits since the 1920s. A capsule wardrobe takes the idea of wearing the same thing every day and gives you the freedom to express yourself. It's about what makes you feel confident. Gaining confidence with how you dress will influence your day – it will impact your prospects, your personality and the way the world perceives you.
But for all its benefits, you might have to overcome some initial resistance to kickstart your capsule wardrobe. In a piece for Harper's Bazaar, Kahl talks about some of the questions she had to confront:
More distant co-workers have even asked if I was in some sort of sect—religious or otherwise…Other than the burning, "why?" the most common question I get is whether or not it gets boring in the long run. It's a reasonable question that probably has a lot to do with the fact that office style is commonly informal in my industry. We have been given the opportunity to reflect our true personalities in everything we wear, every day—to extol our "creative spirits" in everything we do. As if all of that wasn't enough, let's add to the mix the extensive pressure on women to uphold a flawless appearance. Here, we ultimately end up with an unscalable mountain of high expectations. No wonder many people walk around feeling that the world owns them, when it really should be the other way around.
As creative professionals, you should feel empowered to adopt a work uniform. Once you remove outfit-picking decisions from your morning, you free up more time and mental energy to focus on the success of your work.
Often when we set out to better ourselves in our chosen creative field, the first place we turn is to our core skillset. If I am a painter, I will learn a new painting technique. If I am a designer, I will learn a new rendering program. We are taught that the better we are at our job, the further we will go in our career. However, this can only take us so far. Yes, your skills are very important. For example: if you have an amazing idea, but cannot communicate it through your sketching abilities, the idea will be lost. Yet, what good are your sketching abilities if you have no ideas to share? For that you need to develop your thinking, as IDEO partner Michael Hendrix explains in a How Magazine interview:
There are so many avenues. There are lots of online training sites that are great for learning new software — if you need to learn Adobe Premiere so you can create animations, for example. But that doesn't change your thinking. When it comes to these more complex skills, you have to start thinking entrepreneurially. You're starting to ask why something exists in the world, how it might live, how people might interact with it. And by asking those questions, you find you have to learn new things — like psychology, or basic financial skills, or how the supply chain works.
Entrepreneurs are required to have a general knowledge in everything. Unlike a large corporation, they do not have the luxury to assign tasks to specific departments as they are running entire businesses themselves. They still have a greater knowledge in their specific area of expertise, but they also know about human resourcing, raising money, and marketing. IDEO partner Tom Kelley describes how the same idea can be applied to expand your thinking and make you a "T-shaped" person.
At IDEO we like T-shaped people who have a strong core of expertise, but combine it with a genuine respect for, interest in, and preferably experience with, other areas as well… A T-shaped person might be an engineer who does fine art in their spare time, is interested in anthropology and maybe took some under-graduate courses in it, or some other esoteric combination of interests. T-shaped people have more attachment points. They are more likely to make a contribution to a team, and build on the ideas of others.
While Kelley encourages an 'esoteric' combination of interests, Hendrix references the designers Charles and Ray Eames who expanded into other design fields. Their core expertise was based in architecture, but they also designed furniture, produced films, invented toys, and created graphics. Hendrix himself is well-rounded in the fields of design, cultural studies, linguistics, psychology, and cognition. This multifaceted design is a combination of being both a specialist and a generalist. It allows you to expand your thinking as you have more 'attachment points,' as Kelley notes. These are points of connection between different industries and ways of thinking that will lead to new ideas. Ideas which you can then communicate with your skills.
Here at 99U, we often write about the importance of being adaptable and seeking out feedback. In the spirit of taking our own advice, we're asking you to tell us more about what you'd like to see change around here with our first-ever reader survey.
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No matter your field, you undoubtedly have a home-base somewhere on the Internet where you describe your products or services, be they under the umbrella of your personal brand, your company, or an organization you work for. Whether it's a website, blog, e-newsletter, or Twitter feed, there's surely some corner of the web in which you're trying to sell something, even if it's just your resume.
In all those cases, writing strong online copy is key. You can't convince a reader of anything (buying your e-book, reaching out with a job interview, or sharing your article on social media) without effective, compelling writing. Writer and graphic designer James Greig has some interesting insight into the mental shift required to write great online copy. Namely, stop making it about you. Rather, focus the lens on your "customer," whatever that means in your work.
What superpowers does your product give people? Have a read of this opening paragraph from the description of a new cycling jacket:
"We've gone all out to produce the finest waterproof in cycling. We've re-thought how to keep you comfortable. When the rain comes and doesn't stop, this is the jacket. We have spent the greatest amount of R&D time ever on the Gills Jacket, and we're hugely proud of it."
Count them: four mentions of "we"… and only one of "you". This is the copywriting equivalent of shouting "Me! Me! Me!" Yes, it's reassuring to know how much R&D time has been put into the jacket. But the reader is more interested in how the jacket will make him feel, not how the company who made it feels about it. I see this problem with a lot of copy on the web… It's back-to-front. So how do we fix it?
Basecamp's Jason Fried nailed it with this 3-sentence blog post: "Most copywriting on the web sucks because it's written for the writer, not for the reader. Write for the reader. That is all." Improving your copywriting really is this simple: construct your sentences with the emphasis on "you" rather than "I" or "we". Make it about your reader, not yourself.
This isn't just about being selfless ("the customer's always right," and all that). When you keep the reader firmly fixed in your mind, whether that's your site visitor, Twitter follower, client, buyer, or whomever, you start thinking about the implicit reasons for people to engage with your work, rather than the explicit ones. That makes for a much stronger sell. As Greig writes,
The first iPod wasn't marketed as "a 5GB MP3 player" (boring/techy) but as "1,000 songs in your pocket" (wow/that's cool).
Whenever you're writing something online that you want to have some sort of actionable effect, engage with the problems and desires of the people who you'd like to be reading what you're writing. Selling a WordPress template targeted at lifestyle bloggers who don't know how to code? Think, and write, about how simple the template is to install and how it'll showcase their photography and juice their traffic stats. Marketing your services as a social media consultant for small businesses? Focus your pitch on how much time you'll save your clients so they can focus on their sales strategy. You'll give yourself an instant advantage over "me"-focused competitors.
Your awesome work deserves eyeballs online. You just have to sprinkle it with a little copywriting gold dust.
It's What You Can Contribute from Andreessen Horowitz on Vimeo.
Ben Horowitz, cofounder and partner of famed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, delivered the commencement address at his alma mater Columbia University last month and offered up some pretty unconventional career advice. The gist: don't follow your passion.
If you poll a thousand people who are successful, they'll all say that they love what they do. And so the broad conclusion of the world is that if you do what you love, then you'll be successful. That might be true. But it also might be the case that if you're successful, you love what you do. So which one is it?
Horowitz broke down a few reasons why blindly following your passion in hopes of finding success and fulfillment can be inadvisable:
Passions are hard to prioritize. Are you more passionate about math, or engineering? Are you more passionate about history, or literature? Are you more passionate about video games, or K-Pop? On the other hand, what are you good at? That's a much easier thing to figure out.
Passions change. What you're passionate about at 21 is not necessarily what you're going to be passionate about at 40.
You're not necessarily good at your passion. Has anybody ever watched American Idol? Just because you love singing doesn't mean you should be a professional singer.
Following your passion is a very me-centered view of the world. What you take out of the world over time, be it money, cars, stuff, accolades, is much less important than what you put into the world.
And so my recommendation would be, follow your contribution; find the thing that you're great at. Put that into the world. Contribute to others. Help the world be better. That is the thing to follow.
His advice is a variation on the classic Venn diagram for business success, which aims to identify what business idea satisfies the following three requirements: what you're good at, what you love, and what there's market demand for. Passion is just one third of that equation. Honing in on what you feel fired up about is important in internally searching for a career path that will sustain you financially and intellectually, yes; but it shouldn't override factors like what you're the most talented at and what there's a need for in the world.
You know that saying "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life"? Here's the thing: what makes you love what you do isn't just a deep-seated passion for the work. It's also a certainty that what you're doing is making an impact and is a positive contribution to the planet.


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Lifelong friends Lenny Sugarman and Ruben Liebner, both in their 70s, both dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers, barely recognize the Manhattan of their youth. The city they've loved for decades has become a playground for the too-rich; their places, the ones they've frequented for years, are now refuges from a changing world they're increasingly unable to keep up with. When Lenny -- a lone schemer all his life -- finally gets in over his head, he decides to seek the one thing he's never had: true love. But to achieve it, he may have to abandon the only place he's ever known.
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- MFA in Poetry at The James A. Michener Center for Writers, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 2004
- BA in Theater and English at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1998
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I teach because I have hope. It was teachers who convinced me that following the thread of writing in my own life meant traveling a path of integrity — and that poetry and voice matters. And I teach because the practice of writing needs light upon it to grow.
The writer's workshop is critical for both its utility as a practicum on craft and its value as a learning methodology. I seek to achieve the best parts of the workshop, creating a learning space where students feel invested in developing their art, challenged to take risks and encouraged in their reading to respond as writers as well as critical thinkers. With each class, I begin by asking, "How can I make this experience collaborative?" Which really means, "How can I make this a workshop?"


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ROBOT magazine article part 2
ROBOT magazine is supposed to be posting building instructions shortly for the bot I submitted for the Fall 2006 issue - keep checking here if you want to build one.
This one was done for fun... just to see how many parts I could throw at it from the retail kit... I ran out of most of the beams, all of the little black connectors, and all the Hassenpins and those similar-looking grey pins. I also was asked to use all the motors and sensors...
My wife didn't like it because it looked "creepy" (her words)... if it weren't so loud, I'd put it under the bed or couch and have it grab her ankle (of course, then I'd be sleeping on that couch).
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Apologies if this is a stupid question, but what are Hassenpins?
I'm guessing they have something to do with Steve...maybe they are the new right angle conectors?
- Aug 11, 2006, 11:54:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
Yes, they are the new right angle connectors. That is *NOT* an official name, it's something I came up with off the cuff a long time ago, before the MCP.
To expand (and it's high time I did this), proper credit should go to a lot more than Steve Hassenplug, as (a) the other MUPs either also suggested the need, and all pushed for such a piece to be designed and added, and (b) that LEGO listened. I picked on Steve because I know him, and has name was the easiest to pervert into a "pin". As I said before, all blame for introducing this label should rest squarely on MY SHOULDERS, and mine alone... but all credit for the piece should go to LEGO and the four original MUPs.
Brian Davis
- Aug 12, 2006, 12:04:00 AM
- Tony Naggs said...
Hi maniac000
Hassenpins, (also called that by Jim in the blog recently), are a major plus point for the shop version of the NXT kit. There are none on the educational kit.
I saw your previous question about the differences. I will write a comparison next week ... I am away for a few days now.
Be seeing you,
- Aug 12, 2006, 1:46:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
After all, I guess Steve decidedly deserves some parts named after him, doesn't he? Even if the name is just "unofficial" (but has etsablished in the community nevertheless).
Hence there should be nothing to blame yourself for, Brian (at least not for that har har! Just kidding...)
I'm really curious, though, about their actual benefit - as for me, I'm using them rather scarcely on my bots, finding them pretty bulky (but I might be more fond of very compact robots than other people).
Matthias Paul (quite absorbed with finishing the leJOS 3 release presently, to draw a clean line before the run for NXT Java starts)
- Aug 12, 2006, 4:23:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
I've become spoiled with them... when I run out, a small amount of panic begins... kidding. But they are VERY useful. I've found about 8 or 9 ways to make something similar using other small pieces in the retail kit, but nothing beats the stability and rigidity of the actual Hassenpin.
What would make me even happier?
A similar pin that hold in all 3 dimensions, not just 2. A cube could be made with 4 of them.
- Aug 12, 2006, 4:27:00 AM
Some comments re Matthias' question on the use of "Hassenpins".
A couple of weeks ago I decided it was time to try my hand at building with studless technology in preparation for my purchase of an NXT (I don't know when we Australians are getting the set). My first efforts were directed at determining how to build basic structures. In particular how to build a rigid (in 3D) open rectangle. Now this is a trivial task with studded technology (4 beams and 4 plates) but quite a difficult task using studless techno. I came up with a couple of solutions and also studied LEGO's approach. These solutions all had 3 problems in common. 1) "Expensive" in the number of (often) rare parts.
2) Inellegant - their appearance is not attractive.
3) Many holes in the beams are blocked with pins thus making them unavailable for axles.
Enter the "Hassenpin". Problems 1 and 2 solved brilliantly. The MUPers are to be congratulated for recognising the need and LEGO for responding appropriately.
I have studied closely how rigidity is achieved in both LEGO models and those that fans have built. Basically two approaches are used. Either build the model around a large piece that has inherant rigidity (eg a turntable, motor or NXT brick) or stack a lot of beams horizontally. These methods are well and good for many situations but there are some where they are not appropriate and the "Hassenpin" fills the need.
I would be happy if LEGO sold packets of these pins as I don't think 8 in the set is anywhere near enough. In the meantime I just have to wait patiently to even get an NXT.
- Aug 12, 2006, 10:58:00 AM
We like "creepy" robots and we would like to see more. Keep up the good work with your blog.
Agent #72
Robotics Investigation Force
- Aug 13, 2006, 3:21:00 AM
I don't understnad, because I visited the website but I don't see anything else. What does your website do?
Rascal D.
- Aug 13, 2006, 7:32:00 AM
- Tony Naggs said...
Lego Education appears to have Hassenpins in the Lego Education Resource Kit 9648.
See the centre of the box lid in the large picture linked from here:
There cannot be many Hassenpins though, as I can only see one on the lid and none in the trays.
- Aug 15, 2006, 8:49:00 AM
- Elizabeth said...
I think it means: Technic Beams with Snaps (W991404) from legoeducation.com
The 90 degree ones ARE EXTREMELY useful! They are expensive to purchase though!
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Back in January 2009, when I weighed in at 216 LBS my goal was to get down to 179 pounds. During the 3 year duration of riding the exercise bike, I got down to 180. Then Crept back up to 194 while still ridding the bike. 2 years later on July 4th 2011 when I stopped ridding the bike and replaced it with a 3.5 mile daily walk, I got down to 182lbs during the entire year thus far of walking. On my 1st week of trying out the low carbohydrate diet and combining it with walking, I got my weight down to 181. Now after 4 months of low carb I am down to 168lbs. I have removed the walking and am going to main tain my diet via low carb. I stopped walking on July 4th 2012. Since that time my weight has stayed between 168 -171lbs.
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What do you eat for breakfast, lunch & dinner each day? I am walking around 6 - 8 miles a day currently just not sure what to do about food.
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For breakfast I usually have 2 pieces of toast with peanut butter. Yes those are carbs, but some of the only direct carbs I have all day hence the low part. For lunch I usually have a Lettuces Salad with Carrots, Cheese and sliced turkey with salad dressing. I also nibble on some sun flower seeds while I watch TV - 35 carbs for the entire bag.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 22:13
You make a fair point. After looking back on my post, then re-reading yours, I honestly have no rebuttal. Something about that makes me very sad.
the life cycle of humans is 100% all about trying to find the easy way for everything. Do you use a remote control? Do you use a microwave? Do you Drive? Do you use a phone? Do you use a computer? Do you make your own clothes? Do you use refrigeration? Do you shop at the supermarket? Do you take any medication? Do you have indoor heat? Do you have windows in your house? Do you use a chair? Salt? Shoes? Glass? toothbrush? running water? Do you have windows? The list is almost endless and is anything and everything you use day in day out. Practice what you preach.
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Blocking fat absorbtion without seriously restricting fat intake could well lead to cramping and diarrhea - both symptoms seen with fat-blocking meds and supplements. If it isn't absorbed it just becomes a lubricant for everything else.
Posted 15 November 2012 - 01:31
i didn't mean it in a bad way the ending when i said "practice what you preach" wasn't mean literally to you, but just in the broad sense. It does suck that we are get lazier and lazier but... it is what it is.
You make a fair point. After looking back on my post, then re-reading yours, I honestly have no rebuttal. Something about that makes me very sad.


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This has nothing to do with how much the person has witheld from their check.
Witholding has nothing to do with the actual federal tax liability but rather how close the amount witheld comes to that liability either under or over.
WHen someone ends up with a credit kicking over to refundable they will get anything witheld back plus a nice little redistributive bonus added on courtesy of the actual federal payers.
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I did not mention anything about rep. or dem. However, I am not 100% positive, but it is likely not the only horse they own.
The vet employees a vet tech, secretary and possibly others vets if he works with the Romney's.
He Purchases medicine, medical supplies, medical equipment, heat for his building, a special vet vehicle and who knows how many other items which directly or indirectly employes thousands of people
Now I am not even getting into the farrier, trainers, farmers providing the grain and hay, airplane crew flying the horses to and from Europe, truckers moving them around the United States, people involve putting on events like Rolex and there are multiple other levels.
Passive Activity
Ann Romney incurred $77,731 of expenses related to Rob Rom in 2012. The Romneys did not deduct $77,731 of horse-related expenses. The passive loss rules don't let them do that. They deducted $49, the proportionate amount covered by passive income.
The publicity given the matter so far makes it appear that the LLC owns only one horse. We don't know how large Ann Romney's equity interest is, but the partnership agreement requires her to pay for two-thirds of Rafalca's expenses.
That would imply that Rafalca costs nearly $10,000 per month for upkeep, training, and flying around the world to shows. Sounds like a lot, but it is within the usual range of expenses for such a horse. Rafalca went to London on a chartered jet.
This is from a summary of the tax return. As you can see she deduct 49 dollars and the 77k was though the LLC ownership. I can give you much more information if you wish. My wife has these hay burners.
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