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Yeah, I'm doing that with the house as well. I round the check up to the next hundred which adds about $89 to the principal and basically creates one extra payment a year.
It was a Honda salesman that first told me I might as well take the 5 year loan because it was the same rate as the four. When I bought my wife's Camry the salesman - a past and, I hope, future poster in these parts - told me teh same thing. In his words "it's cheap money."
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That bad huh? :P
Let's see, my last car payment was in September, but hubby still has a payment on his Civic, its a low payment and a low interest loan. Not in a huge hurry to pay it off, probably by next spring though since he may replace it then.
I've done my time with high car payments and massive negative equity. We won't discuss the loan I had on the Pilot. :blush: No more of that for me, if the payment is over 3 years and $350/mo, I don't need it.
andre1969 Posts: 21,851You'd think you're going to have a surplus, but my wife finds ways to spend it!
Yeah, they're good at that. You should have just paid it off early and kept your mouth shut. "Sorry honey, got two more years of payments to make!" :P I have a feeling she's too smart to fall for that, though.
jpp5862 NCPosts: 323I bought my first car in 1998, a 1996 Accord, had a payment of about $270. I paid it off early and drove the car for 2 or 3 years payment free but I hated the car, so in 2002 I traded for a Nissan Pathfinder SE, took on a payment of about $375 and loved the vehicle. I should have never gotten rid of it. Since then I've had a payment, usually around $400 give or take. That will probably go up with the new Explorer, but to me it's worth it. I still manage to save money, pay extra on the house and enjoy life, so to me the payment is worth it.
The only bad thing is that I really want to drive something a bit nicer & more back friendly but don't want to go back in years & spend more $! Been seeing & liking the RX 330 from 2004 to 2007 generation. Friend had one and the ingress/egress was excellent for my spinal issues & with the leather seats, it was like heaven!!! Just to be able to slide over into a power seat was wonderful...don't really need a 6 cylinder engine as a 4 is plenty for my kind of driving. I guess any power seated car will do but these RX's are the "whole package" as far as I'm concerned.
Unfortunately the wife would go ballistic even though we each use our own funds to purchase our cars...the amount of aggravation she'd give me would be outrageous. She went "nuts" back in '09 when I briefly considered buying a used late model Volvo S40 just to get better seats. Found that the seats were no better than my current Civic but she made me miserable for the few days I actually went test driving them! A shame that she reacts so stupidly when an idea I have is different than what she thinks is logical.
Will have the funds within a short time period, but the point is it's not a smart financial move on my part especially since I was let go from Uncle Sam and am deciding between retirement & some other plan for the future. The point of my rant is that I'd like to eventually get something much more comfortable EVENTUALLY with a power seat so I can have the perfect pain free driving position. Time will tell!
Thanks guys for letting me get this out finally in a community that understands about my passion for cars. She doesn't get it...sure most wives don't...but I'm tired of settling & always doing the right thing financially also!!!!
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You know most financial specialist would say it totaly different in the fact that should pay cash an appreciating asset not a depreciating one. think of it this way if you pay cash for that auto and you trade it in you have lost money, when you could of held that money in an intrest loan and profited from it, in stead losing it. people now a days tend to trade there cars more often also and with a simple interest loan with cars right now you can pay it off when you chose too, with no penelty of doing so.


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Nona, it's been awhile since I used Photobucket, and I think Simply_Me is the expert, but I'll give it a try.
If it's just one photo, try copying the URL (address) from the address bar of your browser, and posting it here. That's probably the simplest way.
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---- — I was camping on Long Pond in the Adirondacks many years ago. We had hiked in just as the ice was going out to fish for brook trout. It was a wonderful night. The sky was clear and there were more stars in the heavens than the average person ever sees.
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An accelerated preseason schedule forced Ignacio High School boys basketball coach Chris Valdez to compress the Bobcats' preparation for the season.
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Senior Kelton Richmond hit a game-winning bank shot to give the Bobcats the victory over Shiprock and stake Ignacio to its first Kirtland Central tournament title since the 1980s.
"Kelton ... started as a freshman remember. Adison Jones started all last year as a freshman. Clayton Jefferson started some as a freshman," Valdez said.
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Richmond and Jefferson added 12 points each in an Ignacio offense that's been balanced through all three wins thus far.
Jefferson, a senior. was voted the tournament MVP in Kirtland. Wyatt also was voted to the all-tournament team last weekend.
"This team has some great assets ... this is a team that will have more people scoring," Valdez said.
A year ago, then-senior Shane Richmond led the Bobcats (and Class 2A) with his 26-point per game average. Their 18-5 record left the Ignacio boys one game short of the state tournament, ending a run of four consectutive trips to the elite eight of Class 2A basketball.
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Two Unit Plays (4-6)(-5.90 units)
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Overall Record (18-25)(-15.95 units)
2-8 dropping 13.50 units last week. Probably one of my worst weeks in years. I really dug myself a hole now. Time to get the shovels out and start digging.
Pittsburgh +3 vs S Florida (one unit play)…………If Pitt could play just three quarters and not have to play the 4th quarter, they would have a pretty good team. If the panthers are to turn their season around, tonight at home vs a ranked team is the perfect place to do it. Of course the way my season and Pitt's season has gone so far, S Florida will come back in the last quarter and win this game by 1 or 2 points. That is why this is only a one unit play for me. Otherwise I would put more on it.
Utah St +7½ vs BYU (one unit play)…………I am not going to over react to BYU's win last week. I still don't think they are that good. I love getting that extra half point, I think that is what suckered me in. I can picture a seven point win and no more.
Northwestern +8½ vs Illinois (3 unit BEST BET)…………Over the past few years, there is something I love about taking Northwestern as a dog. I have been very good at picking my spots with them. I have no idea how this team lost to Army two weeks ago and I think that is the reason they are getting this many points. Yes Illinois is undefeated, but I just am not a believer in them yet. Northwestern is supposed to get their QB back this week and if he is healthy and effective they will certainly cover and maybe even win this one.
Arizona +12½ vs USC (3 unit BEST BET)………..I think USC is way over rated this year and they are no where near the team of years past. From what I have read, they cannot defend the pass and passing is what Arizona does best. I am just keeping it simple in this one and not over thinking it and grabbing the generous points in what may be a shootout.
Auburn +10 vs S Carolina (2 unit play)……………..I may be wrong, but hasn't S Carolina always been a great dog and a poor favorite. Yes Auburn is down this year, but they are still 3-1 and get a chance to prove something to the rest of the nation. All SEC games are tough and this line just feels kind of ridiculous to me. I think Auburn finds a way to keep this one close.
Mississippi St +7 ½ (-120) vs Georgia (2 unit play)……………Bought the hook. Why not take a touchdown when you have two of the most disappointing teams in the country playing each other. Both thought they would be much better than 2-2 at this point. Like the above game, I think the SEC competition bring out the best in each other. This one just smells like a close game to me. Then again my nose has not been working too well lately. LOL
The rest of these are one unit plays with no write-ups.
Wake Forest -2½ vs Boston College
Nebraska +9½ vs Wisconsin
Virginia -16 vs Idaho
There are other ones I like that I could put a unit on, but they way I have been losing I better stop with what I have. Even those one unit plays add up when you lose enough of them.
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Brothers In Arms
How civil rights flowed from a rifle barrel
This is the second part of Dave Kopel's report on gun control and race in America. The first article looked at the history of gun laws during the post-Civil War period.
Do minorities have a moral right—and even a moral duty—to resist mob violence? The history of black people in America over the past century suggests that doing so may be necessary in order to protect civil rights.
During the Jim Crow era of the late 19th and early 20th century, blacks often offered only minimal resistance to white rioters, who were often abetted by law enforcement officials. For example, In the Wilmington, North Carolina riot of 1898, a mob destroyed a black newspaper after taking offense at a newspaper opinion. Armed whites fatally shot 12 blacks. The leader of the mob was elected mayor.
In August 1900 in New York City, police joined an anti-black riot, often behaving more brutally than other rioters. The mayor, the police commissioner, and the courts covered up the officers' crimes.
The rioters in the extremely destructive East St. Louis riot of 1917 were assisted by the police and by the Illinois state militia. As historian Robert Fogelson recounts in his book Violence as Protest, the white rioters:
burned houses and, with a deliberation which shocked reporters, shot black residents as they fled the flames. They killed them as they begged for mercy and even refused to allow them to brush away flies as they lay dying. The blacks, disarmed by the police and the militia after an earlier riot and defenseless in their wooden shanties, offered little resistance.
Still, the Missouri legislature thought blacks a threat, and enacted a law requiring a permit to obtain a handgun.
In the Washington, D.C., riots of 1919, policemen refused to protect blacks from rampaging soldiers and sailors. After the rioters had been allowed several days without restraint, federal troops were finally called in suppress the riot.
When whites and blacks rioted against each other in Detroit in 1943, the police tried to "reason" with the white rioters (to little effect) and killed 17 black rioters. A report by the NAACP blamed the riot on the Detroit police's over-escalation of violence.
A 1947 report by the President's Committee on Civil Rights, assessing the contemporary problem of lynching, found that "Frequently state officials participate in the crime, actively or passively."
Black leaders such as W.E.B. DuBois, editor of the NAACP magazine Crisis, insisted that blacks stop behaving like helpless victims. He wrote with disgust about black people in Gainesville, Florida, who had acted "like a set of cowardly sheep":
Without resistance they let a white mob whom they outnumbered two to one, torture, harry and murder their women [and] shoot down innocent men…
No people can behave with the absolute cowardice shown by these colored people and hope to have the sympathy or help of civilized folk…
In the last analysis lynching of Negroes is going to stop in the South when the cowardly mob is faced by effective guns in the hands of people determined to sell their souls dearly.
A. Philip Randolph, editor of the socialist black magazine Messenger, agreed: "Always regard your own life as more important than the life of the person about to take yours, and if a choice has to be made...choose to preserve your own and destroy that of the lynching mob."
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I'm Fee Plumley, a media artist, creative producer, technoevangelist and recently a funder of digital culture through the Australia Council for the Arts. Like many artists, I have a bundle of other roles depending on who's asking for what kind of help (we're known as "Generation Slashies", apparently!).
Here's what I've been using as my bio of late. I'm sure I'll change it again over time… but really, you can ask me anything & I promise to be honest. Although everyone deserves some privacy, even someone on the internet :)
Brief Bio
A self-confessed 'technoevangelist', Fee Plumley was previously best known for encouraging people to be creative with their mobile phones through the-phone-book Limited (UK 2000-2008). She moved to Australia in 2008, and in 2011 was granted permanent residency on a Distinguished Talent visa.
Last year's crowdfunding campaign for #homeJames (the reallybigroadtrip bus) went viral thanks to tweets from Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and Hugh Jackman. This major social media floozy last year live-tweeted Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman's New Year's Eve #TrashMasque, and managed a team of live-tweeters to cover the 2012 Adelaide Festival Artists' & Writers' Weeks. This year she built and managed the online community engagements for Adelaide's Mini Maker Faire and ISEA2013 (the latter working with Elliott Bledsoe).
In the physical world last year she curated an art/games program for Freeplay Independent Games Festival and this year has been commissioned and exhibited by Canberra's Centennial Birthday celebrations, Floating Land Festival and ISEA2013. Last year she was a mentor for The Hive, and right now she and her bus are residents on Cockatoo Island where they are mentoring/collaborating with Creative Nonfiction on Underbelly Arts Festival.
Fee is a frequent presenter at conferences and has been a Keynote Speaker for the Regional Arts Australia's Kumuwuki in Goolwa, SA and Balance/Unbalance at the Noosa Biosphere in Queensland. She can often be found as a co-host of ABC's Download this Show, Marc Fennell's radio series exploring digital culture.
Expect nothing but trouble to come from her as she tours the country making and sharing digital art with her Nomads in Residence and everyone they meet en route. reallybigroadtrip.com |
Longer (but older*) Biography
* I really need to update this…
"Fee Plumley" is an artist, writer, consultant, speaker, and self confessed 'technoevangelist'.
My experience in Theatre Design and Technology (BA, 1995) somehow got distracted by the (then) quite new phenomenon known as the Internet. Seduced by this new digital culture, I went on to obtain a Masters in Interactive Multimedia Production (MA, 1997). This kickstarted a (trans)media arts practice as a creative producer, combining (primarily) technology, performance and literature.
An inherent early-adopter, I like to take others along for an extremely collaborative ride. I have curated public screen content (GMI, London, 1999 & BBC Bigger Picture, 2004), enabled community webcasting (Superchannel.org 1999-03), and created interactive experiences for clients including Douglas Rushkoff (Ecstasy Club, Manchester 1997) and the Manchester Literature Festival (The Burgess Project, Manchester 2006).
As co-founder of UK based company the-phone-book Limited (2000-2008), I was best known for encouraging people to be creative with their mobile phones at a time when most people didn't realise the power they carried in their pockets. I have chaired a media arts network and advised boards of company development relating to digital strategies. I am often found as a speaker, mentor and juror at international arts gatherings, games festivals and educational establishments (Freeplay, ISEA, Banff New Media Institute [RIP], AIMIA & BAFTA). And I've been involved in a couple of international exhibitions (Huddersfield Media Centre, UK; Media Miniatures, Manhattan; Platform Animation Festival, Portland) and written for other people's exhibitions (Larissa Hjorth, Micronarratives).
Until recently I was found promoting a culture of digital literacy and strategic innovation as the Digital Program Officer at the Australia Council for the Arts. There I was attempting to debunk the term "geek", showcasing generative art systems, and helping arts organisations increase their confidence with social media and online tools. I eagerly await the arrival of the National Broadband Network & the chance to endorse its wealth of creative opportunity. Oh and I'm now a "distinguished talent" (hehehe) permanent resident too!
I am a sole trader working under the company name technoevangelist, ABN: 90370738368. I am proud to be an accredited member of Craftsouth.
Some media articles interviewing/mentioning me:
media relating to reallybigroadtrip 2012+.
a range of media articles about artsdigitalera (the Australia Council for the Arts digital program) 2009-2010.
mo:life talks to Fee Plumley, December 12th 2005.
Power to the Mobile People, Mark Frauenfelder, Fri Aug 22 2003.
Why I like wireless writing, Russell Smith The Globe & Mail, May 07 2003. (google cached copy)
Anthemic: Web watch, Jack Schofield The Guardian,
High rise hi-tech, Sean Dodson The Guardian,
Some of my writing outside this blog:
Artlink, Vol 32 no 1, 2012 - Mesne: Stitches in the Air: computational craft
Intelligent Agent - The Wireless Confusion: A Call to Arms
Larissa Hjorth - CU The Presence of Co-Presence [pdf link] [link to realtime article about exhibition]
Creative Times, UK - Why can't the arts be more like a kitchen?
Creative Times, UK - Please sir, can I have some more?
Australia Council for the Arts - Geek Speed Dating
Australia Council for the Arts - Why digital did not kill the opera star
Australia Council for the Arts - Announcing TransmediaVictoria
Australia Council for the Arts - Twitter+art=?
ANAT - KINO Portable
ANAT - Portable Platforms
ANAT - Portable Perspectives
ANAT - Celebrating 21 Years of Experimentation
ANAT: Ported - Art, Technology & Education: A case for companionship


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Lead by expert birder Clif Smith, this is an informal walk along the Arkansas River. Designed with beginners in mind, its emphasis will be on basic bird identification. It will last 1-1 ½ hours and is also suitable for birders with some experience, or anyone who may enjoy a nature walk along the river. Meet at Cottonwood Picnic area, 7:30 a.m.
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Discover the unique characteristics of this much-loved mammal and learn how we can work together to protect them and their habitats. The day is filled with a morning guided hike and activities throughout the day appropriate for all ages. Visitors will also have the opportunity to help protect the mischievous marmot by contributing to the Friends of Staunton State Park "Adopt-a-Marmot" stewardship program.
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When the Governor's Council is informed of a nomination made by the Governor, they don't know how many people applied for the position or who applied for the position.
Whether this is a good idea or not is often a point of contention.
The Governor's Office does not share this information with the Governor's Council or the general public.
Currently the Judicial Nominating Commission knows who applies as do the various bar associations and members of the Judiciary themselves. However the elected body that has the responsibility to review these appointments does not know how many people applied or who applied.
In a democracy it's hard to imagine why the bar associations have knowledge of the nominees while our elected officials do not.
Having met many individuals in District Two who appear to be fully qualified and willing to serve as a judge, I am surprised by the nominations that do make it through, as they are not always the most qualified individuals.
I advocate for openness and transparency of the process, knowing how many people are a applying and who is applying is the openness and transparency I believe will improve the current system.
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Ever wonder what would happen if the skeletal remains of Shakespeare's MacBeth met Dracula's Mina Murray and they fell in love? That's what happens in director Spike Jonze's funny, lovely, and surprisingly carnal new stop-motion animated short film "Mourir Auprès de Toi" (To Die By Your Side). Watch it after the jump.
Unfortunately, I can't embed the video in this article. But you can check it out over at CartoonBrew.com. Go watch it now. I'll be here when you get back. Yes, it's that good.
Jonze, the director of films like Adaptation and Where the Wild Things Are, got his start in music videos. He was apparently inspired to helm this short -- set in Paris' Shakespeare & Company bookstore -- by the embroidered handbag designs of Olympia Le-Tan. It's definitely the most erotic stop-motion short made almost entirely out of felt that I've ever seen. And it just might be the perfect thing to put your significant other in the mood this Halloween.


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I write about profitable online marketing strategies.
There is so much noise about social media, much of it not very helpful. Myths about how and why to use these networks abound, spread by networking neophytes and so-called experts (like me) alike.
The truth is the answers to these questions keep changing, because we are only beginning to understand how to harness social networks to unlock the Web's true potential. We are learning, day by day. What none of us can afford is to stand by and watch it all unfold. There's money to be made, after all!
Here, then, is a comprehensive guide to social networking misconceptions–each accompanied by a tangible action plan that you can take right now. Have other effective tactics you'd like to share? Please comment on this post.
Myth 1: Everybody is on social media.
Why it's perpetuated: Experts will show you pretty statistics on how more than 80% of people heard of a product through social media. This is a scare tactic to get you to hire them. The truth is social media is not on every one's radar–not yet, anyway.
Action plan: Even if your target demographic is not on social media, you can harness the power of the Web by making it easier for search engines like Google to find your website (known by geeks in the trade as "search engine optimization"). This is not hard, trust me, but the approach takes some time to gain momentum.
First step: Pepper your website with well-trafficked key words. How to pick them? Go to the Google Keyword Tool and enter about 20 or more generic terms that relate or describe your product or service; look for relevant terms that get several thousand monthly queries. But it's not enough to find popular key words. You have to find ones where your site can compete–that means finding words that, if typed into Google, will spit out a page of results where your site ranks nice and high.
The key to ranking high on a search results page is to have as many high-quality sites as possible pointing links to your site (this goes for articles, information graphics and other forms of content, too). A high quality website is chocked with content and follows Google's Quality Guidelines. How many high-quality links do you have to attract? There's an easy way to get a feel for that number. For each key word, copy web addresses of the top sites that pop up in Google when you search on those key words. Then paste each of those web addresses into www.MajesticSEO.com and click "Explore." Instantly you will see how many other sites are pointing to each particular web site.
If the first 10 addresses you chose are each attracting tens of thousands of links, it's probably not worth your time to try to compete on that particular key word to get quick exposure on search engines. However, if the third or fourth site down from the top of the search results page is only attracting a few hundred links, you just might be able to hoist yourself onto that top search page in a few months or less with some concerted effort.
How to increase the number of links to your site quickly? Start by courting relevant bloggers. Find the most active scribes by searching relevant keywords on Google Blogsearch. Send each blogger a short, not-too-sanctimonious email saying you're a fan of their work, and that you might have some content you think their readers would really enjoy; include a link to your site in the message. Interested bloggers will refer to your link in their articles, making it more popular in the eyes of the search engines. See? Not so hard.
This article is phenomenal. It reiterated certain myths such as, "Everyone is on Social Media," it built my confidence with the "You can do it all in house," because I will be doing my social media marketing in house by integrating a software into my site, www.TheSportsWonk.com that allows for members to broadcast my site on social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook to gain points in my raffles. Most digital marketing companies will promote SEO and Social Media marketing, which is important, but entrepreneurs should be researching for marketing software as well because certain softwares can really proliferate a marketing campaign. My favorite point was, "Blogging is a waste of time," is a myth because IT IS A MYTH. I used a popular message board to drive hundreds of clicks per day to my site including certain sports videos that would get hundreds of clicks and more recently I figured out the best way to convert visitors and I received 15 new sign ups with one post. Also, if you just read this post it proves that Blogging works.
I agree
As far as growing my social network, I wonder if email marketing done right will be an efficacious marketing option for my site. I recently did data entry on about 2,000+targeted email addresses and I plan on putting together an email that includes a video for them, which covers the capabilities of my website. I also have the email addresses of all of my new sign ups to my site so I will send them a welcome email that includes information about my raffles, features, etc. and I am hoping that this type of CRM will create more visits to my site from current members. Also, I made sure that my email marketing software that I will be using has a, "unsubscribe," button so that I don't become a spammer in the eyes of my members. Thanks for the advice, "Don't love the network; love the people on the network."
Jason what was the software you integrated to your site for social media marketing?
How do people get paid to write stuff they know nothingabout? Myth #2 is ridiculous. Pretty much ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of anything ever posted to Digg was on Twitter and Facebook LONG before anyone on Digg saw it. At least the stuff anyone actually cares about.
The very nature of Digg GUARANTEES that this will be the case.
Very nicely done with solid observations and facts. Thx for such an comprehensive effort.
Wonderful Article.
Loved it. Thanks for sharing!
Neal, very well done. This the first time I have read anything from you and was very impressed with your thoroughness and readable explanations. Sometimes I think those of us in the biz get a little too caught up in jargon that comes easily to us, but we forget about the newbies. You struck a great balance.
I agree that Stumbleupon and email remain two important channels for growing and engaging an audience.
About measuring ROI…calculating the value of a single visit is a start, but what are your thoughts about the lifetime value of a customer? Sometimes online marketing efforts take time to accrue value. It's an investment.
Thanks for the article Neal. As a newbie to Social Networking for business I found your article very informative and helpful. I am not quite as intimidated by the task assigned to me to get my company's name out there. Is there a way I can archive this article so i may refer back to it from time to time?
Thanks for the article Neal. As a newbie the social networking for business I found your article helpful and informative. I am not quite as intimidated by the task that has been assigned to me to get our company name out there. Is there a way that I can archive this article so I may refer back to it from time to time?
This is a very well written article with lots of great insight on social media marketing. I really enjoyed this article and look forward to other posts by you. Thank you for all the insightful information.
Thanks for posting this!
No nonsense, practical and easily understood, with ample opportunity (and motivation) to take action!
Cool, nice article Neal!
When offering a service in a very horizontal market is very difficult to hit all the channels effectively. I'm solely responsible for the online marketing for our business and its quite overwhelming when managing blog, social media, SEO, PPC, email marketing campaigns effectively.
Thanks Neal for a great article. I agree with everything you said. The very nature of Social Networking is about real human interactions, posting without engaging or having someone else who does not know anything about your business or niche write your social networking interactions for you will not work. With that being said what I have to add to your article is that while a lot of companies use social networking for marketing to get new clients but not a lot of companies use it to keep in touch with client they already have. Social networking is a great place to keep in touch with you clients after they bought your product or service so you can get feedback maybe have them post a review or come back and buy some other product or service from you in the future, even to give support.


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A feature length dark comedy, CREEP! chronicles the outlandish story of director Art Nelson in his audacious efforts to produce a monster movie in 1964. The result was the obscure yet cultish film, The Creeping Terror. Considered to be the worst movie ever made, it also became one of the most mind-boggling scams in the history of celluloid.
Colorado movie director Pete Schuermann just released a snippet from his upcoming feature film CREEP! In this clip, Art Nelson makes a desperate and audacious attempt to promote his upcoming monster movie, The Creeping Terror. The movie was 99% filmed in Colorado Springs. The monster was built in Denver. Josh Phillips, the lead actor playing Vic Savage, is also from Denver. Let's go, CO.
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour is coming Friday. Call out the food trucks. Let the flyover parties begin!
After weather delayed Endeavour's departure from Florida for two days, NASA gave the go-ahead for a Wednesday take-off at dawn, the first leg of the highly anticipated farewell tour that has crowds waiting for a glimpse from Mississippi to Houston to California.
And why not? It's a sight that will be hard to forget: the last space shuttle, securely piggybacked onto a modified Boeing 747 jet, flying low over the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Area and the state Capitol building, at 1,500 feet.
"The five-story space shuttle will be hard to miss from the observatory deck at Chabot," mused Melissa Rosengard, who put out an word Tuesday that the Chabot Space & Science Museum in the Oakland Hills was throwing a pajamas-optional flyover party, beginning at 8 a.m. Friday.
Alas, vehicle reservations to NASA Ames' free flyover party at Moffett Field were already booked up by Tuesday (touting the availability of breakfast at the aforementioned food trucks). You can still walk in via VTA Bus route 51 and VTA light rail.
All the hallmarks of a happening are showing. Peninsula Bike Party announced a Space Shuttle Bike Ride, meeting early at the Mountain View Caltrain Station to ride over Moffett Field Friday morning, vehicle passes in hand. The Geek Club sent out word on meetup.com. A middle school in Elk Grove, the Sacramento Bee reported, will send 40 students to watch the Capitol flyover.
It is the last chance to see the Endeavour in the air. If you never made the trek to Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley to watch the space shuttle landings in their heyday—the way many in this valley have—it's hard to describe the excitement. But it's real.
There are flyovers planned en route from Florida, over the Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Michoud Assembly Plant near New Orleans, the White Sands Test Facility.
In Houston, home of the Johnson Space Center, crowds are readying for a flyover and a chance to see the shuttle overnighted at Ellington Field. In all these places that were so integral to the space program, Moffett Field included, the last tour of the Endeavour prompts emotion.
By Friday morning, when Northern California's turn comes Endeavour is scheduled to take off from Edwards Air Force Base early Friday morning, head up to Sacramento, cruising by landmarks, flying over the East Bay about 8:30 a.m. From there, it's scheduled to head over San Francisco, and a tribute cruise 9-9:30 a.m. over Moffett Field and NASA Ames, where so much of the important space shuttle work was performed.
Then, it's on to L.A., where 10:30 a.m. flyovers are planned—where else?—over Disneyland, among several locations. All in a morning's work.
Endeavour will become a land-bound exhibit in the California Science Center in Los Angeles' Exposition Park, the latest of the space shuttles to transition to civilian life, on museum duty. Not six months ago, Space Shuttle Discovery thrilled Washington D.C. with its April flyover all over restricted air space before settling in as an exhibit of the National Air and Space Museum.
NASA is encouraging people to report Endeavour sightings using the hashtags #spottheshuttle and #OV105, Endeavour's orbiter vehicle designation.
Tuesday, NASA sent out suggested viewing locations—for maximum photo op possibilities— ranging from the State Capitol in Sacramento, the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito, Chabot Space and Science Center, Exploratorium, Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Chabot touted its Oakland Hills vantage point, its activities on site, its experts who will be available to explain all (museum admission fees apply).
But really, wherever you are, try to look up on Friday morning, from the roof of a parking garage, or out in the park.
And wave, even if they can't see you. You'll be glad you did.


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A pocketful of simple questions may be the best protection consumers can have to cope with the flood of health and medical news that makes headlines every day.
Just how much is there? It's hard to know, but at least one estimate says the presses are spewing out at least 1,000 studies each day. But whatever the number, it leaves a lot of consumers feeling like they are drowning in data.
It is simply impossible to keep up with it all. It's not just the sheer number of studies and stories, which is overwhelming in and of itself, but it's also the appearance of conflicting results among studies examining the same phenomena. Does fiber prevent colon cancer or not? Does a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables really affect a woman's risk of breast cancer, or not? Trying to make sense of it all is sort of like mental whiplash.
So, what is a person to do?
For starters, ask a few questions. The answers will help you tell the good studies from the bad ones.
How big is the study? Size matters. Generally, the bigger, the better. A study examining the side effects of a treatment that has 1,000 people in it is going to be more meaningful than one evaluating the same thing in just 10 people.
Where was the study originally published? Good science is usually published in a journal, rather than publicized solely in a press release, presentation or self-published report. Journals have panels of scientists that review and criticize studies before they are published. If studies make it through the review process, publication in well-known journals like the New England Journal of Medicine, Science or Cancer give them even more credibility.
Who paid for the study? Generally, there is less chance that a study funded by the National Institutes of Health will be influenced by any conflict of interest than one funded by a private company. For example, a recent study showed that it is just as important to lower your C-reactive protein level as it is to lower your cholesterol level to reduce the chance of a heart attack. But this study was conducted by a scientist who developed a method to determine the level of C-reactive protein in blood. If it's important to lower C-reactive protein, he could collect royalties on every sample tested.
What is the study design? There are all sorts of designs, but the gold standards are case-control studies in epidemiology and randomized trials in evaluating treatments. In a case-control study, information about cases or people with disease is compared with the same information on controls, or people without the disease. In clinical trials evaluating treatments, participants should be randomly assigned to different groups, given a treatment, and the results compared. The study gets bonus points if neither the clinicians nor the patients know who is getting what, a design referred to as "double-blind." If a study is double-blinded, it helps eliminate possible bias on the part of all participants.
How should I understand findings involving risk? This is a toughie. There are two types of risk: relative risk and absolute risk. They are both important, but different, and sometimes, it is hard to tell which one the author or reporter is talking about. For example, a recent study showed that eating a lot of red meat increased one's risk of rectal cancer by 43 percent, compared to those who ate little red meat. That is relative risk – comparing one group with another. However, of the 148,610 adults in the same study, 470 developed rectal cancer, so their absolute risk is 470 in 148,610, or 0.3 percent – or about 1 in 300. Reporters and writers generally refer to findings in terms of relative risk because it has a bigger "feel" to it. But often, it's the absolute risk that puts findings in better perspective.
As usual, when in doubt, ask the doctor!
This article is based on information provided by The Ohio State University Medical Center Media Relations Office and was adapted for use on NetWellness with permission, 2009.
Last Reviewed: Apr 03, 2009
Donn Young, PhD
Former Biostatistician and Research Scientist
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Less than a month after Mill Valley Planning Commissioner David Rand called into question City Hall's view of the commission and said the two entities are engaged in a "turf war" on issues with "different visions" for Mill Valley, the Mill Valley City Council is set to dive into the spat Tuesday night.
In his report on the matter (attached at right), City Manager Jim McCann wrote that he, along with Mayor Andy Berman and Vice Mayor Shawn Marshall, met with each member of the Planning Commission individually to discuss Rand's concerns and their own. They determined that "not all points raised by Mr. Rand are shared by the commission as a whole."
McCann also addressed the larger issue of the tension sparked by Rand's comments.
"The Planning Commission and staff have to affirmatively recognize that each has an important role to play and the process cannot succeed unless each values the other and acts as a team," he wrote. "Each does not have to agree with the other all of the time but they should strive for mutual respect, teamwork, and consensus on a solution based on ordinances, Design Review Guidelines and precedent. Ideally, differences should be well articulated too."
McCann wrote that "it is clear that there is room for improvement around a handful of topic areas to benefit our planning processes." He highlighted five specific areas for improvement:
- Roles. According to McCann's report, some commissioners "desire a stronger role by the (Moore) in the initial intake, evaluation, review and presentation of matters to ensure consistency with the City's General Plan policies, the Zoning Ordinance requirements and Design Review Guidelines, past practice and traditional areas of concern" without having staff "usurp an applicant's design and program."
- Training. McCann said that additional training was necessary for commission members on a range of issues, including: ethics, the role and function of the Planning Commission, traffic engineering, an overview of General Plan, Zoning Code, and Design Review Guidelines.
- Communication. Because several commissioners noted a "lapse in regular communication" with Moore and planning staff, McCann plans to schedule quarterly meetings between the chair of the commission, Moore and himself, as well as a brief meeting prior to each commission meeting to review the agenda and go over any commission concerns about the agenda items.
- Process. Both commissioners and staff expressed concern about the various procedures involved in processing an application. For instance, McCann noted that some study sessions "may have lost a primary purpose of being a mechanism to test the waters on a project" and become too costly for applicants. McCann pointed out that "there are areas where provisions of the Zoning Ordinance do not match the Commission's or the community's expectations or practice" and that "Planning Commission and staff decisions should be based on specific ordinances, Design Review Guidelines, impacts and precedent. Arbitrary and novel decisions and recommendations are to be avoided."
- Staff report recommendations. In his presentation, Rand described a steep divide with staff in this area, asking that staff "refrain from setting forth a recommendation that the commission approve design review" because the "the visions that those on the commission have for the development of Mill Valley very frequently differ from those of staff."
McCann wrote that "commissioners want staff to address the degree to which a proposal satisfies the standards and to touch upon the design and policy matters in a less declaratory manner."
McCann outlined a number of immediate recommendations, including better communication between staff and commissioners prior to a public hearing, "civility at all public meetings" and having Moore "take an active role in managing his staff, understanding clearly the nuances of every application brought to the commission."
He also called for a retreat between the commission and Moore, a future agenda item about the exact scope of study sessions and a schedule for previously identified Zoning Ordinance amendments.
Rand's presentation was a stark departure from the commission's normally ho-hum annual report to the City Council. "The problem is best summed up by the introduction that I received on the day I was sworn in," he said. "We were told then, quite bluntly, that staff leadership did not believe in the usefulness of the Planning Commission in Mill Valley and did not see a need for it."
The 411: City Manager Jim McCann will deliver his report on the Planning Commission to the Mill Valley City Council at City Hall Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. To watch the meeting live or archived online, click here.
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April 6, 2012
DELAND, Fla. - The Florida State sand volleyball team improved to 13-0 in dual matches on the season on Friday with a pair of 5-0 wins over Stetson and FAU at the Stetson Sand Volleyball Complex.
The Seminoles dropped only one set over 10 games in two dominating performances.
"We had a tough week of practice, so I'm happy with the results today," head coach Danalee Corso said. "Having us play tired this week was part of my plan. That's what we are going to have to do to win at Nationals in a few weeks. We played great today."
Junior Aurora Newgard and sophomore Brittany Tiegs, FSU's No. 1 duo, defeated Stetson's top squad of Julie Bassett and Kaley Melville, 21-13, 21-11, before cruising past the Owls' No. 1 duo, 21-18, 21-13.
Moving up to the No. 2 position in place of freshman Jace Pardon and senior Jekaterina Stepanova was the tandem of senior Visnja Djurdjevic and Melanie Pavels. The duo routed Stetson's second team, 21-14, 21-14, and FAU's two tandem, 21-18, 21-13.
Freshman Stephanie Pellitteri replaced Stepanova and paired with Pardon as FSU's third team. The pair defeated Stetson, 21-17, 21-14, and FAU, 21-4, 21-11, earning praise from Corso.
"Stephanie and Jace really stepped up today," Corso said. "That was a great win. They probably stepped up the most of anybody today because they haven't really played together."
Stepanova suffered an ankle sprain last weekend at the UNF Sand Invitational and was held out of Friday's competition.
Sophomore Jeassica McGregor and freshman Sarah Wickstrom had the closest call of the day, taking three sets to beat Stetson's Katie DiGirolamo and Stephanie Marin, 21-16, 19-21, 15-10, in the battle of No. 4's. The pair followed up the win by hammering FAU, 21-4, 21-8, on court five.
Graduate student Caitlin Haworth and senior Mallory Kiley picked up victories at No. 5 versus Stetson (21-10, 21-15) and at No. 4 against FSU (21-5, 21-8).
The Seminoles return to action next Friday, April 13, at the Fiesta on Siesta Key (Fla.), a multiple team tournament.
For updates and more information on the Florida State sand volleyball team, follow the Seminoles on Twitter at: @FSU_SVB.
Florida State vs. Stetson and FAU at the Stetson Sand Volleyball Complex in Tallahassee, Fla. - April 6, 2012 Results
MATCH 1 FLORIDA STATE 5, STETSON 0 1. Aurora Newgard/Brittany Tiegs (FSU) def. Julie Bassett/Kaley Melville (STET) 21-13, 21-11 2. Melanie Pavels/Visnja Djurdjevic (FSU) def. Maren Rygh/Alexa Stonish (STET) 21-14, 21-14 3. Stephanie Pelliteri/Jace Pardon (FSU) def. Alisha Hoffman/Taylor Story (STET) 21-17, 21-14 4. Jeassica McGregor/Sarah Wickstrom (FSU) def. Katie DiGirolamo/Stephanie Marin (STET) 21-16, 19-21, 15-10 5. Caitlin Haworth/Mallory Kiley (FSU) def. Savannah Byl/Kaylee Ream (STET) 21-10, 21-15
1. Aurora Newgard/Brittany Tiegs (FSU) def. Jocavio ??/Alessia Pizzocheri (FAU) 21-13, 21-18
2. Melanie Pavels/Visnja Djurdjevic (FSU) def. Grace Vega/Daria Sataric (FAU) 21-18, 21-13
3. Stephanie Pelliteri/Jace Pardon (FSU) def. Isabelle Arboleda/Sara Stoll (FAU) 21-4, 21-11
4. Caitlin Haworth/Mallory Kiley (FSU) def. Cintia Nightingale/Thacilli Pereira (FAU) 21-5, 21-8
5. Jeassica McGregor/Sarah Wickstrom (FSU) def. Lauren Jones/Chandler Hatton (FAU) 21-4, 21-8


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The town council meeting in Black Jack on Tuesday night regarding the chickens was extraordinarily well attended. In case you have not been following, my friend Guy Niere received a letter a little less than a week ago without warning, demanding that he get rid of his rare breed of endangered chickens by July 2nd.
There had never been any complaints lodged against his chickens. In fact, his neighbor who lives nearest to his coops spoke in his defense saying that if there were anyone who had a reason to complain, it should be her, but she had not even known that he had chickens!
It appears that the mayor saw an article from the Post Dispatch dated April 25, 2012 and did not realize that people in Black Jack had chickens. The comments on the Post article do not speak highly of the city's actions and the mayor's attention to this matter. The Post Dispatch sent a reporter who submitted this article just after midnight.
All four co-organizers from our area's 405 member local backyard chicken meetup group were in attendance, and speakers from Clayton and residents from Black Jack and myself all spoke on behalf of the locavore/local grown/green food movement, and a person's right to own chickens. There are no ordinances banning chickens in Black Jack. There are ordinances against poultry farms, and that is what Guy was cited against. If one has ever been to a massive factory farm warehousing chickens and compared it to a backyard chicken coop, where chickens get out all day and eat bugs and till and fertilize the gardens, anyone can tell the difference.
The mayor does not even seem to be aware that one of his neighbors has chickens. Why? Because the chickens are NOT A PROBLEM!
Yesterday, following the meeting of Tuesday night, the press went wild, and Channel 4 News/KMOV, Channel 11/KPLR and Fox2 all showed up at Neire's residence with cameras in tow. Andy Banker, co-anchor of Fox 2/11, and Russell Kinsaul, anchor/reporter of Channel 4 very positively presented Guy's case, and I watched it with interest.
Friday, from 4-5 p.m. I will be a guest speaker on WGNU radio and yes - you can bet this will be brought up!
Chickens are legal in Clayton, Kirwood, Webster, Ladue, Creve Coeur, Maplewood, Richmond Heights - in fact, Guy even spoke at their city council in advisement of setting up chicken guidelines. He lives next to a vacant four-acre field and his nearest neighbors live on 3 and 20 acres beside and behind him. C'mon now, aren't there more important things to do in city hall than fuss about a few chickens?


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|Womens Golf Preview: LSU Tiger Classic
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – The UNCW women's golf team continues the spring portion of its schedule this weekend as it takes part in the LSU Tiger Classic at the University Club in Baton Rouge, La.
The 54-hole five-count-four event will take place on the par-72, 6,305-yard layout of the Jim Lipe designed course that opened in 1998 and was recently redesigned by both Lipe and former LSU All-American David Toms.
Friday's opening round will feature three-player waves teeing off the No. 1 and No. 10 tees starting at 8:30 a.m. CST. Saturday and Sunday's rounds are slated to begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. on each day.
Live stats are available for all three rounds and can be accessed by clicking on the link at the top of the page.
The Seahawks are part of a deep 15-team field that features four top 25 programs – No. 5 Arkansas, No. 16 UCF, No. 17 LSU (host) and No. 19 Kentucky – as well as six top 50 squads in Tulane (33), GRU-Augusta (38), Denver (39), Baylor (43), SMU (43) and Notre Dame (48). Louisiana-Monroe, Missouri, Purdue, TCU and UTSA join the Seahawks to round out the tournament field.
Veteran Head Coach Cindy Ho will go with the same lineup she used during the Seahawks first event of the spring as seniors Lori Beth Adams and Megan Burnham will be joined by junior Mallory Warrick and sophomores Meghan Theiss and Annette Lyche.
Adams, who leads the team with a 74.60 stroke average, has recorded four top 25 finishes in five events this season, including a tie for 21st in the Bruin Wave Invitational in early March. Burnham sits third on the team with a 81.14 stroke average and Warrick is fourth (81.40) while Lyche (81.33) and Theiss (79.66) are both making their second appearances of the season after joining the program for the spring semester.
UNCW returns to action March 28-30 when it takes part in the Bryan National Collegiate at the Bryan Park Golf Course in Greensboro, N.C.


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Following a guilty verdict on drug charges, a Zion man attempted to escape from the Lake County courtroom on Nov. 29, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
On Nov. 29, at 4:15 p.m. Keevan Fullwiley, 35, of the 2300 Block of 33rd St in Zion was found guilty in courtroom C220 by a jury on the charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Deliver Cannabis, according to the news release.
Following the verdict, Judge Christopher Stride ordered the defendant to be taken in to custody by the Lake County Sheriff.
The defendant jumped from his chair and attacked a Lake County Sheriff's Deputy in an attempt to flee the courtroom, accoridng to the news release. The Lake County Sheriff's Deputy was struck in the face by the defendant's fist and elbow. Deputies took the defendant to the ground where he continued to fight. A Lake County Sheriff Deputy immediately deployed his taser on the defendant. Deputies regained control of the defendant and he was taken into custody.
Charges are pending and will be reviewed with the Lake County State's Attorney's Office.
One Lake County Sheriff's Deputy sustained a serious laceration to his right elbow along with shoulder, neck, and back pain. He was transported to Vista East Hospital where he received two staples in his elbow and x-rays were taken.


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PFW associate editor Kevin Fishbain talked with former Patriots star and current radio color commentator Gino Cappelletti about the new passing era, Devin McCourty and his late teammate, Houston Antwine.
PFW: The Patriots have had four different players start at center and still seem to be struggling to find consistency, but it hasn't seemed to slow down the offense. What have you seen from that position?
Cappelletti: They've been able to find some versatility amongst all their offensive linemen. They have done a great job in that department. The guys are rotating around. It's really up to the coaches to make that decision because of what type of personnel they're going to be putting up with — whether an opponent's strength is on the interior or the edge. They have everyone befuddled. We don't know until we get to the game when we see the lineup how it's going to start.
PFW: The Patriots reportedly locked up Jerod Mayo with a five-year extension. He's the leader of the defense that we don't hear a lot about. What does he mean to that unit?
Cappelletti: He brings that stability and that youthfulness along with some experience in an all-out manner all the time. He's been rock solid since he got here. He's grown. This year has not been his best year because he had to miss a couple of games. At the same time, you go through a season, and having been a receiver, I know there are some guys that never see the ball. There are some games where you're heavily involved. That works out the same way defensively. If he's called upon, he'll give you a top-rate performance. He hasn't been in the minds or the words of the fans or media in terms of seeing a lot from him.
PFW: With Drew Brees breaking Dan Marino's passing record, and Tom Brady not that far behind, what does it say to you about the passing era the NFL is now in?
Cappelletti: The passing game has become quickened. It's all based on timing. And that's why the Patriots were successful this past decade. They were one of the first teams to do it, along with the Rams for a while. The quick setup, quick throw, the receiver is open right away, and a lot of times it takes a defensive back time to recover to get in position to deflect the ball. I think that timing principle and the accuracy that you're seeing with the quarterbacks these days (is a reason for the success). Aaron Rodgers is so accurate even on the run. Moving, he's just as accurate as he is in the pocket. You're finding these guys who bolt out of the pocket are able hit the receivers in stride, and that is the key. If you hit a receiver in stride, that could mean an extra 8-10 yards. It's so important that they do it that way. I think the passing game is more perfected than the running game, which sometimes will take time to move the ball. It's nice to control the ball and wear down the defense. The ideal position is to do both and do it well. There's no question that it has become an air parade.
PFW: It seems as though Devin McCourty is having a sophomore slump and teams are going after him often. What are teams seeing that has them targeting McCourty so much?
Cappelletti: They're going on what they see now. Last year he was impressive, he did a nice job as a rookie, but that's gone and forgotten. They see right now that he is a guy that can be beat with speed and he has difficulty in finding the ball or being able to turn at the right time to find the ball. He runs with the receiver and the quarterbacks are dropping the ball in perfectly. (The quarterback) has to do that as well. He's been giving up some big gainers at some key times, and those are the ones you notice. The 3rd-and-22 or something like that and they send a wideout on a go pattern and they come up with the reception, that's easily noticed.
PFW: You lost one of your teammates this week with the passing on Houston Antwine. What are some of your memories of him as a player and as a person?
Cappelletti: 'Twine was a terrific person. He was a truly outstanding football player. You got to be measured at the time you played and what was out there, and he truly was one of the best in the AFL He had great speed, he was very quick. He would make those moves and then with the slap move and everything like that, he was a master. He plugged a lot of holes. He was a guy that played on every down. He was an everyday player, every-practice player. I don't recall him missing any games, anyway. He didn't miss a lot. He was one of those kinds of guys. He gave it all in games and practices. He was a terrific guy. It has saddened all of us for the way that this ended for him and his family.


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