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Youre so far gone, basic human decency is "socialism" to you.
The Romneyites lost. long live the Abraham Lincoln's and Henry Clay's and FDRs and JFKs and LBJ's Barack Hussein Obama's United States of America.
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Why must we continue to have this conversation?
Is it because you're too busy "pitching" to read anything about your industry? Perhaps you don't read blogs, in general? Are you so busy following up with the 10,000 spam emails you send to journalists that you just don't have time to actually learn how much more effective pitching would be if you built relationships? Is it because relationship building takes time and you only have time to send one email? Or is it because the industry is still rewarding you for results in coverage instead of business growth?
Whatever the reason, stop it. Stop it now.
I just read an article Amber Mac wrote for Inc.
She says:
Every day I immediately delete about 20 percent of the messages in my inbox. Historically, the emails I trashed were mostly relegated to Nigerian scams and requests for cash from someone "unable to access" his pending inheritance. Fortunately, Gmail spam filters have helped to abolish most of these. Unfortunately, these same filters can do nothing for the endless stream of PR pitches that assault my inbox that are often irrelevant, impersonal, and, dare I say it, lazy.
I'd venture to guess I delete about the same percentage…and it's not my name that's listed as the chief content officer at Spin Sucks. Lisa Gerber, how many pitches do you delete every day?
When Mitch Joel and I did our first podcast together, we talked about why most PR pitches suck.
He said something that really resonated. He said (I'm paraphrasing) every, single pitch that is researched and targeted is 100 percent effective.
Think about that. If you build a relationship with a blogger or a journalist and you pitch them what you already know they write about, you will hit a homerun every time.
It's not that hard. It's definitely much easier than it used to be. When I started my career we had big, green Bacon's books. And we had only a few sets for 200 people. So you check out the books, look up the journalists in the industry, copy the pages, find the most recent magazine or newspaper articles they'd written – in hard copy – you'd read and then you'd pick up the phone and call them.
Now you can look up a journalist or blogger on Twitter and discover in less than five minutes not only what is interesting to them, but also where they write (and on which topics). Then you can switch over to their blog or online media and read a few articles or posts on the topic you're about to pitch.
Yes, it takes longer, but it's much more effective.
Gone are the days of cold calling and so are the days of mass pitching. Wouldn't you rather know that if you pitch five journalists in one day, four of them are going to run a story, rather than send 10,000 emails and maybe get one bite?
Those odds seem pretty darn good to me.
Think about it. Do better. Let's stop having this conversation.
With love,
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158 Comments on "How to Pitch a Story Like a Pro and Get Results Every Time"
@sophie180 It makes me crazy we still have to have this conversation
@ginidietrich I think many #PR pros pitch material outside their scope of industry knowledge. Take a little time to do some research.
@sophie180 Yes, and that pains me. I know I'd rather do the research and hit a homerun than no research and get nothing
@EdenSpodek Why is it so hard? I mean, really.
@ginidietrich I don't know. It seems like a lot of common sense to me. Then again, a lot of people ask for help so they can do it "right".
@EdenSpodek How many CPRS events have you gone to over the years where journalists say this very thing and yet…
@ginidietrich CPRS, IABC, podcasts, blogs and bloggers have said the same… too many to count… and yet…
@ginidietrich Some people are resistant to change and want to keep old habits. Sometimes it's cheaper to sell than best practices. 🙁
@EdenSpodek I know all people are not the same, but I would be so frustrated if that's the approach I took
Dear Gini,
This is a metaphor for a lot of what we've been talking about the past week or so. This is how all of us should be running our businesses. Relationships vs. Cold Calls. It's a no brainer. Be human. It's so simple and yet ignored.
P.S. I think I'll nominate you for the CLASSY Awards. Oh…wait…I mean SASSY Awards.
@KenMueller Be human. Why is this so hard?
@ginidietrich I know. Asking humans to be humans. duh. What a concept
@JoyfulBathCo What are you doing?!?
@ginidietrich hiii! guess who I'm meeting up with later today?
@JoyfulBathCo Um, Hollis Thomases?
@ginidietrich noooo–Ces! then next week who? : ) exciting times around here in my twitterverse to IRL!
@JoyfulBathCo You get to see Ces?!? I'm so jealous!! Send me a picture of the two of you! And then I'll see you next week!
I used to anchor the career and employment beat for a scientific association's newsweekly magazine. Our target audience was chemists, chemical engineers and allied professionals. I would get pitches about books as well as individuals where it was obvious that the PR person hadn't done his or her homework. I used to just delete them and when I did get a follow up phone call, the person on the other end of the phone was a young person, probably just out of college and learning the ropes.
@Corinne Marasco That's always the case. That's how we all cut our teeth, as young professionals. I don't have a problem with young pros making the calls, but why can't we give them the tools to be successful? How about giving them a goal of researching 5-10 a day instead of emailing 10,000?
@ginidietrich Absolutely. The quality of the training is more important instead of setting a quantitative goal.
Amen sister! Stop being lazy people, I promise it will not start to pay off!
@rachaelseda It really pains me we have to keep having this conversation. Why, oh why??
@ginidietrich Because obviously some people don't read Spin Sucks…they need to get their ish together haha
@rachaelseda I think that's the issue. The people who do this aren't continuing their education…or maybe they don't realize there is a lot out here talking about the right ways of doing things.
@jasonkonopinski @spinsucks Great article!
Yes, yes and yes. I can't believe the PR pitches I get for my food blog. Some of them are so irrelevant to the blog topics that it's clear they are just doing searches, finding contact info and sending out their pitches. It's so frustrating.
@polleydan Mmmmm….food. As much as I love services like Cision and Vocus, I think they hinder some PR pros because all they do is create the databases and email from there, without doing any research. The database development is only the first step, but that's why you're getting irrelevant pitches – you're on some list.
@ginidietrich @polleydan The same could be said of any influencer analysis or relevance tracker tool out there – pumping out a report doesn't provide insights into the data.
It's also important to note that at times, the first contact with a journalist need not be a pitch. Sometimes it's commenting on a post. Other times its alerting them to a piece of research that may alter an article they previously wrote causing them to write a follow up piece (this happens a lot in tech). Sometimes it's commenting on their personal tastes or something that is of interest outside of their 9 – 5 job. Be real. Be personal. They like it.
@John_Trader1 Or following them on Twitter and having a conversation. It's like anything else…build a relationship while you're networking and you'll find a reason to work together.
I think you hit it on the head when you called it "lazy". People have replaced quality with quantity because of the ease of reaching people on the internet. Unfortunately, in many cases this has become a number's game.
@MichaelBowers It's like cold calling of old, right? Same idea. The more phone calls you make, the more likely you are to get someone interested. It doesn't work. It makes you look like an idiot. And it makes me crazy for the industry.
@ginidietrich @MichaelBowers Back in my sales days, we used to call that 'dialing for dollars'. 😐
@jasonkonopinski @MichaelBowers Ug.
@ginidietrich @MichaelBowers And true to form, I pushed back on it from the very beginning. Using social tools even back in 2007ish worked to my advantage and my numbers told the story.
@jasonkonopinski @ginidietrich Exactly
@ginidietrich Robots don't feel like idiots… So get ready for when the pitches are written and distributed by algorithms!
@stephkrol Seriously!
I think alot of it has to do with being able to say, "We sent the pitch out to 100 blogs and got 3 to pick up the story," instead of "We sent the pitch out to 5 blogs and we got 3 to pick up the story."
It may just be that sending a pitch to everyone makes their boss feel good.
@fitzternet 3/100 = 3% success rate vs. 3/5 = 60% success rate. I know which side I'd like to be on. 🙂
@jasonkonopinski I've worked for many many people that would say, "100 shows that you're doing 20 times the amount of work as the person who only sent it to 5."
@jasonkonopinski "And by the way, what exactly where you DOING when you weren't sending it out to the other 95 blogs?"
(Hint: The words "research" or "strategy" can't be used in your response, because they already have people for that stuff, in the Research and Strategy Departments…)
@jasonkonopinski @fitzternet I'm with you, Jason. I'd rather show the percentage of effectiveness.
@ginidietrich @jasonkonopinski I agree with both you. I was just theorizing on why stuff like this happens.
Good info here, if you don't know already RT @ginidietrich How to pitch stories like a pro & get results every time #PR http://t.co/zhwrtuGX
@JodiEchakowitz I think "a few" is being kind. I'll have to show you a tour of my inbox one day. <wink>
@JodiEchakowitz I think you're right, unfortunately. Those that do this don't take the time to educate themselves on how times are changing. But I'm with @EdenSpodek … a few is being kind. I went through and looked at just yesterday's pitches. There were 36 of them. In one day. I deleted them all.
@ginidietrich @EdenSpodek That's the optimist in me who likes to think there are only a "few" who give PR a bad name. But clearly, I'm way off base 🙁
@KSinTucson Thanks! It makes me crazy we still have to have this conversation
@ginidietrich and to continue to have it with clients who feel research should be a one-time event…urg!
@KSinTucson Ha! VERY good point!
When will we ever learn? Hopefully soon! Why can't people remember relations is part of our name and act accordingly. I do think part of the problem may be due to the way we look at billable hours as maximizing time/volume versus a quality approach. That also requires a shift in mindset and hopefully it happens soon.
And while we're on the subject, I just got pitched for Inside PR this morning with an offer of a 'dynamic radio guest available for immediate booking'. So I'm going to book her right now…not.
@martinwaxman Well, if she's dynamic, I think you should reconsider.
@ginidietrich @martinwaxman That was one of my finely-crafted personas. I'm really a 50-year-old plumber from Dubuque named Ned.
@LouHoffman LOL!!
I give this post two thumbs up and a snap.
Maybe we need to go back to the days of the hard copy Bacon's books, if only to force the lazy PR professionals to physically do some research. We have so much new technology at our hands to make our jobs easier, yet, we fail to use it wisely.
There's a reason posts like these continue to get written.
@bradmarley I know the reason!!!! The people who need to read this aren't interested. They're too busy building massive email databases. 🙁
@Lisa Gerber As James Hetfield from Metallica might say if he were responding to your comment with lyrics from one of his songs, "Sad but true."
The other thing I like about this post is that it offers solid advice, rather than just yelling at us to stop being stupid. I hate that.
@NabeehaKazi I think about that time we sent two bottles of Ocean Spray juice to 500 journalists. No phone call ahead of time. No email to see if they were interested. We just sent them. And we didn't get any results….and we didn't know why. If you'd told me we could have done that more efficiently, gotten results, AND we could have gone dancing for the rest of the month, I would have said SIGN ME UP!
@terreece Monkey research?!? Send it to me! I love monkeys!
@ginidietrich Oh not just any old research, monkey mammary glands research. I will send shortly.
@terreece OMG
@Lisa Gerber Out of all the pitches you get, remove those asking to guest post, how many do you think are clear "we want you to write about this for us" requests?
@ginidietrich well, dannybrown is on the "Please, pitch me, idiots" list so he gets the real doozies. I probably get about dozen or so at least per week that ask us to write about the latest FB contest, or new gaming app to give just a couple examples.
@Lisa Gerber OMG. I've started getting more and more blogger pitches and I swear, they all use a template with that line "custom article prepared specifically for you." They also say something like "I don't ask for anything in return, just a link back to my company's website." And, they are always for the most random things.
Is there some site out there generating templates like this for people? Because honestly, these emails look the EXACT same every time. It's eerie how similar they all are. And, why? Because honestly, they don't work…at least, not very well.
@lauraclick RIght??? There has to be a template somewhere because it's written almost verbatim but it's always from different companies. Horrible. And in all fairness, sometimes the topics are good – I just know they won't be a meaningful contribution to the site.
@Lisa Gerber I just got this in an email: "I hope all is well. For your records, I'm sending along our new media kit which describes how COMPANY is supporting our agency partners and their clients' efforts to reach their exact business audiences across the web through precise display ads, social media targeting, and deep audience analytics." And then attached a PDF media kit!
@ginidietrich Shut. Up. ATTACHED? a PDF KIT? which is amazing because what they are doing for their agency partners is unbe-freaking-lieve-ably cutting edge. Display ads? Social media targeting? Whoa.
@Lisa Gerber @ginidietrich Do you realize how often you two tell each other to shut up? I think we need an intervention. Also, I've noticed that no matter how often you tell each other to shut up…you never do!
@KenMueller @Lisa Gerber It's a term of endearment.
@ginidietrich @Lisa Gerber Oh, well in that case, both of you just SHUT UP!
@KenMueller @ginidietrich @Lisa Gerber OMG, seriously, you just made me laugh. And I just had to bore my family with the story because they wanted to know what I was laughing at.
@Lisa Gerber @ginidietrich SHUT. UP!
@CourtV I honestly don't think the people who do this read blogs. Or any kind of media. Or go to PRSA or IABC events. I think they work in holes and don't realize what they're doing.
Amazes me that in today's day and age, you'd even need to dedicate a post to this. Sadly, you do.
@KensViews And it's not the first time I've written about it or spoken on the topic. It makes me a little nuts.
@ginidietrich I'm not sure if it's Accoun Sups forcing their AEs and JAEs to smile and dial, but how can they get it's about quality, not quantity? Jeez!
@ginidietrich Well THAT explains it!
@KensViews Brat.
Love, love, love, love.
Why is it that the more information easily/readily available, the lazier people get? I guess this just means that the people who know what they're doing are going to continue to demolish the competition because they'll be able to stand out from all of the crap and clutter out there.
Relationships still matter. And, perhaps more so now than ever before. Yes, it takes time, but the payoff is SO much greater.
@lauraclick I know all people are not the same, but I'd so much rather take the time to build a relationship that guarantees a story than to mass pitch and hope something happens. Back in my hey day (when I still pitched media), I got the front pages of the LA Times, NY Times, and WSJ in the same year because of this approach. Kind of seems like a no brainer.
@RebeccaTodd "Pitching," which is one part of "Publicity," which is one part of "PR" is indeed like sales–but only if we define sales as hearing a target's pain and helping them solve it, and/or helping them do their jobs better. In this case, it's helping the media rep or blogger develop a story that will be of interest and value to his/her audience. Once publicists get this, they'll start to focus on quality, not quantity—and their quantity of successful placements will increase. Vastly.
@KensViews Thanks Ken! And you have accurately described how I view my role in sales.
@RebeccaTodd I got that feeling! Bet you're successful.
@KensViews Ugh as much as this sounds like fromage, I actually draw great satisfaction from feeling helpful. The teacher in me, perhaps.
@RebeccaTodd So take this example and put it into play right now. A year ago, if you had called me on the phone (or sent an email), out of the blue, I would have ignored you. But today? If you did either, not only would you get my attention, I'd listen to everything you have to say and really weigh whether or not it made sense for me to work with you.
Dear Gini Dietrich
My client makes the best riding lawn mowers in all of Iowa. We are announcing a new model that has a built in beer huggy and a remote control starter. We would love for you to do a story about our new model in your really well read blog.
Thank you.
@HowieSPM Sir, your pitch is WAY off base. If you had said that you have a riding lawn mower that disburses black bean tacos to the rider, @ginidietrich would have written about it!
@KensViews @HowieSPM @ginidietrich OR- she would be happy to test drive any sort of taxidermied remote control vehicle.
@RebeccaTodd @KensViews @HowieSPM Especially if it's a cat that flies.
Once again, I see something that @ginidietrich has written,and think "WTF?"! @RebeccaTodd @HowieSPM
@KensViews @ginidietrich @RebeccaTodd @HowieSPM I used the flying cat story quite successfully in a business conversation this week. That stuffed feline helped me earn a couple of bucks this week. Here is to social media. 😀
@KensViews Here – #3: http://spinsucks.com/social-media/gin-and-topics-death-fear-and-resurrection/
@ginidietrich I had blocked that out of my mind when you first posted it. Thanks for reminding me about it. NOT.
@TheJackB @KensViews @ginidietrich @HowieSPM YES!!! I need to hear how that story helped out…and in today's amazeballs news…it's Dead Cat Helicopter the song!?! (I kinda want to see a turtle train, though…) http://bit.ly/L7SGfu
I just got a request from a freelancer to write a blog for me about injuries sustained from vibrating work tools. Um, that's not what my org's blog is about.
@jennwhinnem Must get mind out of gutter. Must get mind out of gutter. Must get mind out of gutter.
@geekgiant Sure, but it's all in how you use it. A lot of journalists are now using Twitter and the comments on their stories to source interviews and additional topics. Why wouldn't you start there?
Unfortunately, we keep having the conversation because we forget this basic rule of thumb: A pitch ultimately should never be about us. It must contain a clearly articulated benefit to our audience, whether it's a journalist or a blogger or a client. No benefit; no luck with the pitch. It's that simple and that difficult!
@magriebler Well said!
@magriebler Very well said…I don't understand why this is so hard for people to grasp.
I didn't realize how bad most PR pitches were until I started receiving some. No name, or worse, the wrong name, and it appears that none of the PR pros had listened to our podcast! Isn't this Media Relations 101? I highly suggest PR pros get their names into Cision somehow and see what it's like on the receiving end of bad pitches–it will change the way you engage media.
@irisdias I think you're right – until you're on the receiving end of pitches, you don't realize how bad it is.
@erinlrandall Thanks!
@kmatthews Look at that baby!
@ginidietrich Pretty much the cutest baby ever… you know, if I do say so myself.
@kmatthews I think so, too!
We've heard this a million times, and just can't hear it enough. Thanks for the reminder. I can send it to my staff without coming off like a noodge. (I remember those big green books…those were the good 'ol days!).
@jwalcher Do you remember when they went online?? Your time researching journalists was cut in half!
@lisagerber Is it possible to eradicate douchebaggery?
@ginidietrich Um, not 100 percent. But! it's a bold mission, and the DB's do make the rest of us look better.
And you want to make it easier for them to do this via automated writing bots?
@Sean McGinnis I think you've taken my blog post earlier this week too far. I simply said I can see the need for earnings reports, analysis of Big Data, and Little League games to be written by algorithms because there is a need for these things to be written that humans are not doing. I do not think algorithms should replace humans, nor do I think it'll be super cool to be spammed by computers.
@ginidietrich I have a habit of taking things too far – you should know that. Machines are already spamming us – it just so happens its in the form of search engine spam. Article spinning software and automated blog comments. Blech. It's only a matter of time (at this rate) before automated press releases and crappy email pitches are done via automated software (if they aren't already).
@Sean McGinnis I agree with you, but you made it sound like I advocate that practice. I do not.
@ginidietrich I'm just concerned that these new botnets will take over the world, like skynet. 🙂
@LauraScholz Exactly! I know it's a long time, but it's worth every second you invested.
I think people these days are afraid to pick up the phone and pitch. Real pros know that often the quickest and most effective tool is the phone, not email. Loved the reminder especially as I am preparing for an event coming up!
@audreyschroder As someone who is pitched, I don't mind getting emails, if they're targeted, relevant, and from someone I know. If they had to wait to pitch me for the phone, they'd wait two weeks between phone tag so I don't mind email at all.
Yes, relationships do matter and it's worth taking the time to develop them.
Hey, that was better than 'great post' at least……….
@bdorman264 Who is this?
@ginidietrich The lurker extraordinaire; the next A-lister with all that wasted POtential; the cat w/ 2,020 comment points. If this was Klout I would have a free car by now………..
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Fantastic advice, I coach authors how to get on TV and you wrote what I spend most of my first session with clients on. Thanks, Edward Smith.
@EdwardSmith1 I'm glad we agree!
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Publication date
|Apr 11, 1967
|Filing date
|Jun 1, 1964
|Priority date
|Jun 1, 1964
|Publication number
|Baker Alfred V, Porter Hart
|Original Assignee
|Dow Chemical Co
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|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (14), Classifications (13)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
April 11, 1957 BAKER ET AL 3,313,212
MAGNETIC-PNEUMATI C CONTROL SYSTEM Filed June 1, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 64 g Supp/ 9% 56; v 0 (y/finder 96 2 @6 70 2 94 43 58 INVENTORS.
54 fi/fied 1/. Baker 10 For fer' Har? 1Q ENT April 11, 1957 v BAKER ET AL MAGNETIC-PNEUMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 1, 1964 INVENTORS. fi/z redlk Baker Par/er fiar'f BY? M) HGENT United States Patent G 3,313,212 MAGNETIC-PNEIMATIC CGNTRQL SYSTEM Alfred V. Baker, Freeport, and Porter Hart, Lake dachson, Tex, assignors to The Dow Chemical Company,
Midland, Mich, a corporation of Delaware Filed June 1, 1964, Ser. No. 371,631 6 Claims. (fill. 91-387) This invention relates to apparatus for actuating process control or other elements by means of intermittent signals in accordance with a desired predetermined functional relationship.
A number of approaches have been made towards controlling chemical or other manufacturing processes from a single centralized or remote location with respect to valves or other elements being controlled.
Pneumatic control exercised from a central location is one approach.
in another approach a continuous electrical signal is passed through a coil coupled to a soft iron magnetizable element to provide a magnetic field of predetermined strength which is then coupled directly to a controlled element or indirectly to the control element through a pneumatic controller device.
So far as is known, the prior art systems or methods for actuating process control elements in accordance with a predetermined functional relationship sufier from one or more of the following problems:
(a) The speed at which actuating control is asserted or changed is too slow either for the process being controlled or for efficient and/ or effective coupling to the means for determining the desired predetermined functional relationship;
(b) The apparatus is unduly complex with respect to the Work the apparatus accomplishes;
(c) The apparatus is rather expensive with respect to the work being accomplished;
(d) The reliability of the apparatus is not as good as could be desired, resulting in substantially less than optimum process control;
(e) The stab'dity of the control system, eg wherein the day to day application of the same control signal results in the same degree of valve control, for example, may be less than is desired;
(f) In event the control apparatus becomes inoperative, the degree of safety in further operation or shut down of the process being controlled is less than can be tolerated;
(g) The apparatus controls the process in discrete changes in adjustment of process equipment which are larger than can be conveniently Used;
(b) Each element controlled requires for its control a continuous sampling signal from the computer or other device which calculates the degree of control required, or
(i) The control system isnt compatible for use with existing actuating devices.
Accordingly, a principal object of this invention is to provide improved apparatus for actuating process control or other elements.
Another object of this invention is to provide an improved, more economical apparatus for actuating process control or other elements.
A further object of this invention is to provide an improved, more reliable apparatus for actuating process control or other elements on a continuous basis from control signals applied on a discontinuous basis.
An additional object of this invention is to provide an improved apparatus for actuating control or other elements with a great degree of resolution.
In accordance with this invention there is provided Patented Apr. 11, 1957 valve or control element positioning apparatus comprising a pair of pneumatic relays which are coupled to a common balance beam which has a permanent magnet whose degree of magnetism is settable to pre-determined levels on suitable pulsing of an electromagnetic Winding which is coupled to the permanent magnet. The output of each relay is coupled to a pneumatic cylinder, one
output above and one output below the piston in the cylinder.
As the balance beam moves in one direction, the pneumatic output of one relay increases and the pneumatic output of the other relay decreases, moving the piston. A range spring coupled between the piston and the balance beam transmits a position restoring or beam balancing force to the beam.
The invention, as well as additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood when the following detailed description is read in connection With the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatical view of control element positioning apparatus in accordance with this invention;
FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view, in section, of a reiay of the type shown in FIGURE 1, and
FEGURE 3 is a schematic diagram of a simplified pulsing circuit for use in pulsing the electromagnetic element in FIGURE 1.
Referring to the drawing, there is shown control element positioning apparatus comprising a balance beam it which is coupled to a pivot element 12 at least approximately near the junction of the transversely disposed arms 14, 16 of the balance beam 1:). The two arms 14, 15 are disposed at ri ht angles to one another in order to permit the apparatus to be compact, but a straight balance beam may be used.
The relays 22, 24 (relay 22 being shown in detail in FIGURE 2), are substantially identical in structure. The relay 22 comprises an upper section, indicated generally by the numeral 2%, and a lower section, indicated generally by the numeral 28. V
A combination diaphragm-vent assembly 30 is sandwiched between the two sections 26, 28.
The upper section comprises a flanged peripheral part 32 and a central generally frusto-conical part 34 having its base joined to the peripheral flanged part 32. The part of the section 26 which faces the diaphragmvent section has a slight counter-bore 36 therein whereby the central part of the section 26 is spaced from the diaphragm-vent section 30.
A longitudinal bore 38 extends from the upper to base end of the frusto-conical part 34. The upper end 41) of the bore 38 is threaded and receives a nozzle 18. A lateral bore 42 extends through the side wall of the frustoconical part 34 and communicates with the bore 33.
The lower section 28 has a generally frusto-conically shaped outer configuration with its base 44 facing the diaphragm-vent section 30. The base 44 has a large diameter counter-bore 46 (approximately the same diameter as the diameter of the counter-bore A central bore 48 extends axially through the section 28 from end to end. The bore 48 has a counter-bore 50 at its base end and a counter-bore 52 at its other end. The counterbore 52 is threaded and receives a plug 54 Whose end 101 has a bore 53 therein.
A valve seat 55 is disposed at the junction of the bore 48 and counter-bore 52.
A bore having a threaded counter-bore 62 extends from the side Wall of the section 28 to the counterbore 52.
A bore 64 extends downwardly from the counter-bore 46 and communicates with a bore 66 which extends inwardly from the side wall of the section 28. The outer J end 68 of the bore 66 is counter-bored and threaded to receive a tube 70.
The diaphragm-vent section 30 comprises a pair of thin diaphragm discs 72, 74 having substantially the same diameter as the bases of sections 26, 28. The discs 72, 74- are separated at their peripheral parts by an annular gasket member 76 which is generally not compressed during its usage in this device. A bore 78 extends laterally through the annular gasket member 76 and constitutes a vent.
The space between the diaphragm discs 72, 74 which is surrounded by the peripheral gasket member 76 has a generally corrugated material 80 therein, contacting both discs 72, 74.
The disc 74 has a central bore 82 extending therethrough. A stiffener element 84 is bonded to the disc 74 and has a valve seat 86 which communicates with the bore 82. The valve seat 86, valve seat 56 and bore 58 are axially aligned.
A valve stem 88 which has a valve 90 at one end and a second valve 92 intermediate its ends is disposed within the section 28 with its valve 90 seated against the valve seat 86, the valve 92 seated against the valve seat and its lower end disposed Within the bore 58 of the plug 54. A spring 94 surrounds the lower end part of the valve stem 88, bearing against the plug 54 and valve 92 and urging the valve stem upwardly.
An air (gas) supply line 96 is coupled to the counterbore 62. A second air supply line 98 extends between the line 96 and the bore 42. The line 98 has a constriction 100 therein.
The lower section 28 is mechanically coupled to a frame (shown only in part) 102.
1 Referring again to FIGURE 1, it may be seen that the gas supply lines 96, 104 are provided for the relays 22, 24 respectively. The output lines 70, 104 (with supplemental supply line 98a) for relays 22, 24, respectively are coupled to opposite ends of a pneumatic cylinder 106 which is mechanically coupled to the frame 102.
A piston 108, disposed within the cylinder 106 and is coupled to a shaft 110 which extends through the ends of the cylinder 106.
The shaft 110 is adapted to be coupled to a valve actuator arm (not shown), for example, which would normally be disposed below the yoke 112.
A spring 114 is coupled between the upper end of the shaft 110 and the arm 14 of the balance beam 10.
A bias spring 116 is also couped between the frame and the balance arm 14 by means of the rod 118.
A permanent magnet 120 is mechanically coupled to the arm 14 of the balance beam near the pivot 12.
A second permanent magnet 122 having an electromagnetic coil 124 surrounding it is mechanically coupled to the frame 102 substantially parallel to the magnet 120 and close spaced with respect to the magnet 120 whereby their magnetic fields interact to a substantial degree.
The coil 124 is energized by applying current to it through the leads 126, 128. A suitable circuit for applying current to the coil 124 is shown in FIGURE 3.
The circuit of FIGURE 3 includes a source of fixed voltage 130, indicated as a battery, for example, a source of variable voltage 132, a pair of condensers 134, 136, a pair of single pole, double throw switches 138, 140, and a single pole, multiple throw switch 142.
The voltage source 130 has its positive terminal connected to a ground and its negative terminal connected to one throw of the single pole, double throw switch 140. The condenser 136 is connected between ground and the movable contact 144 of the switch 140.
The variable voltage source 132 has its negative terminal connected to ground and its positive terminal connected to one of the throws of the switch 138. The condenser 134 is connected between ground and the moving contact 146 of the switch 138. The second throw of 4 each of the switches 138, 140 are connected together and to the movable contact 148 of the single pole multiple throw switch 142.
Each of the contacts or throws 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, for example, are connected to one end of a coil (such as the coil 124, for example) which is coupled to a permanent magnet (such as magnet 122, for example) of one of the magnetic-pneumatic transducer devices (10). The other end of each coil is connected to a common ground.
In operation, using the circuit of FIGURE 3, with the moving contact 148 of the switch 142 set to the throw 1-54, to which the coil 124 (see FIGURE 1 also) is coupled, the condenser 136 is charged by moving the contact 144 to couple the condenser 136 across the source of fixed voltage 130. The contact 144 is then connected to the other throw of the switch 140, discharging the condenser 136 across the switch 142, through the coil 124, to ground.
The variable voltage source .132 is then set to the potential which will induce the requisite degree of magnetization of the magnet 122 when the coil 124 is pulsed in the opposite direction. (The variable voltage source and the fixed voltage source are polarized opposite with respect to ground.)
With the contact 146 of the switch 138 coupled to the now pre-set variable voltage source 132, the condenser 13-4 is charged to the level set by the voltage source 132.
The contact 146 on switch 138 is then coupled to the other throw of that switch, discharging the condenser 134 through the switch 142 and coil 124 to ground (with the condenser 1'36 disconnected from the discharge circuit). This last pulse, oppositely polarized with respect to the pulse which occurred when the condenser 136 was discharged, produces a degree of magnetization in the magnet 122 which is proportional to the level, output or amount of control to be accomplished by the transducer device 10.
The magnet 122 may be magnetized with respect to the magnet 120 so that they repel each other, are neutral to each other, or attract each other; the resulting force exerted on the beam by the magnets 122, 120 being a function of the level and polarity of magnetization induced in the magnet 122 (assuming the magnetization of magnet 120 remains constant).
If the force caused by the interaction of the magnets 122, 120 is a repelling force, that force would tend to push the arm 14 of the balance beam in an upward direction, moving the beam away from the nozzle 18 of the relay 22.
As the balance beam arm 14 moves away from the nozzle 18, the beam arm 16 moves closer to the nozzle 20 of the relay 24.
In relay 22, the nozzle pressure drops as the beam arm 14 moves from the nozzle. Because the pressure on the lower side of the diaphragm assembly 30 exceeds the pressure on the upper side, the valve seat 86 and the diaphragm assembly moves upwardly from the valve 90, allowing pressure from the cylinder air line 70 to be vented until the pressure balances on each side of the diaphragm assembly.
In the relay 24, the increase in nozzle pressure as the beam arm 16 approaches the nozzle 20 causes an excess of pressure on the nozzle side of the diaphragm assembly 30. The greater pressure on the nozzle side forces the diaphragm assembly 30 and valve element 88 downward, opening the valve 92 and allowing air (or other gas) from the supply line 96 to pass through the bore 48 and out through the line 104 to the cylinder 106 until the pressure equalizes on both sides of the diaphragm assembly. V
The decrease in pressure on the upper side of the piston 108 and the increase in pressure on the lower side of the piston 108 causes the piston to move upwardly in the cylinder 106. The shaft bears against the spring 1-14, tending to compress it and thereby apply a restoring force to the balance beam arm '14.
The balance beam remains in the position it is in until a change in the magnetic field strength of one of the magnets 120, 1 22 occurs. Since the magnet 122 may have its coil 124 pulsed as heretofore described, the relays 22 24 operate as described above (or in reverse order in event the balance arm 14 is moved towards rather than away from the nozzle 18 by the change in magnetism of the magnet 1-22).
It may be seen from the above that the present invention provides an effective means whereby positional control of a process control element may be maintained at a pre-determined level in response to electrical impulses applied to the device. It should be realized that the pulsing of the coil 124 from the condenser charged with a fixed voltage is followed rapidly by the pulsing from the condenser which is charged by the variable voltage whose valve is a function of the positional control to be maintained by the device. Because of the rapidity at which the second pulse follows the first or reset pulse, the inertia of the device prevents any change in the positional stability when the reset pulse is applied.
The circuitry of FIGURE 3 is simplified in form, and in practice more sophisticated pulsing means would be provided. It may readily be seen, however, that as the contact 148 of the switch 142 is moved, other coils may be pulsed either in sequence or on a random basis.
What is claimed is:
'1. Control element positioning apparatus comprising a balance beam, said balance beam being coupled to a pivot element, a pair of pneumatic force balance elements each having an air nozzle, the nozzle of each force balance element being disposed adjacent to said balance beam and positioned whereby movement of said beam towards one nozzle moves the beam away from the other nozzle, each of said force balance elements having a pneumatic output element, a pneumatic cylinder, said cylinder having a piston disposed therein, said piston being coupled to a shaft, each of said pneumatic output elements being coupled to an end of said cylinder, :1 first permanent magnetic element having a fixed degree of magnetism, a second permanent magnetic element, one of said magnetic elements being fixedly coupled to said balance beam and the other said magnetic element being disposed a fixed distance therefrom such that the magnetic fields of the two magnetic elements interact, said second permanent magnetic element having an electrical coil coupled thereto and means whereby said coil may be electrically pulsed at predetermined intervals to re-set the degree of magnetism of said permanent magnetic element to a predetermined value.
2. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said balance beam has two arms disposed transversely with respect to one another, said pivot element being at the junction of said arm-s, and one of said force balance elements is oper-atively coupled to each arm of said balance beam, each balance element being coupled to the same side of said beam.
3. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein a range spring is coupled between said shaft and said balance beam.
4. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said shaft is adapted to be coupled to a process control element.
5. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pivot, force balance elements, cylinder, and second permanent magnetic element are fixedly coupled to a common frame.
6. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means whereby said coil may be electrically pulsed includes means for sequentially pulsing said coil to induce a base level of magnetism in said second magnetic element and then rapidly pulsing said coil to induce a degree of magnetism in said second magnetic element which is a function of a predetermined level of control to be achieved.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,443,891 6/1948 Buerschaper 9l-47 2,827,020 3/ 1958 Cook 91-387 3,087,468 4/ 196-3 Roberts et al. 91-387 3,222,996 .12/ 1965- Thieme et a1. 91-38=2 MARTIN P. SOHWADRON, Primary Examiner.
PAUL E. MASLOUSKY, Examiner.
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|Filing date
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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- Exe Vienna
- Exe Vienna Hotel
- Eurostars Vienna Hotel Vienna
Additional policies and fees may apply when booking more than 5 rooms or 10 persons. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A 2.832 percent city/local tax will be charged
Optional extras
Self parking costs EUR 15 per night
Breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 10 per person (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Good 3.8 /5 from 252 reviews
I have stayed several times in this hotel, I like it because the rooms are 4* quality, the beds are comfortable and the price is very affordable. If you like being in a fancy neighborhood however this is probably not the right place for you... another thing that might be improved is the quality of coffee and milk that you get from the automatic machines at breakfast (for an Italian that is almost udrinkable).
Nice hotel, great breakfast, very friendly staff. They let us park in their garage even though we didn't make a reservation for a parking space. The only drawback were some annoyingly loud guests in the next room - but that's not really the hotel's fault. I would definitely return here.
The hotel is well situated,just outside the outer ring (Gurtel), and you can walk to the city centre sights in 20 minutes. Otherwise the #44 tram stops right outside and only takes a few minutes, or the U6 station is a short walk. Alserstrasse station was closed for works but Josefstadt isn't far away. Taking the Ubahn to Handelskai for the Sbahn7 to the airport is pretty easy too. The Spanish receptionist made me feel very welcome from the start and and I found all the staff to be exceptionally friendly and professional at all times. The breakfast was always fresh and plentiful. I enjoyed the swimming pool, which although small was often quiet and I had it to myself several times. It was great to take a dip after a hot day sightseeing. My room was large and the decor was fine. The bathroom was very small but adequate. If I had any quibbles they would be that the bed was too firm for me and the noise from my neighbours was too intrusive, although I expect that in hotels so always bring ear plugs. Overall, I have no hesitation in recommending the Exe hotel as very comfortable, good value, providing great service and well situated for exploring Vienna.
Wonderful hotel just a few minuts off the subway U6. Friendly staff, great breakfast, nice rooms. Great relationship between price and quality. When I come back to Vienna I will definitely stay here again.
Got rooms at Ottakringer Straße! Rooms too hot, no possibilities to cool down (aircon obviously not working, windows open: too noisy). Next time I shall order rooms not at street side.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - The nation's top leader leaders emerged from a week of meetings here focused on the 2012 elections and told reporters from outlets all over the country that unions will raise what they described as "an army of 400,000" to pull out the vote and to guard the election at polling places next November.
"At stake," declared Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, "is nothing less than our democracy itself.. What the labor movement intends to do," he said, "is magnitudes greater than anything we have ever done in an election before."
Cohen brushed off suggestions by reporters that new, tighter election laws rammed through by Republicans in states across the nation would make it difficult for unions to do what they promise. "We know their game," he said, they even have tried to criminalize voter registration - something that was always considered an act of good citizenship. We will not be deterred. If necessary we will be arrested, if that's what it takes, to register voters - if that's what it takes to protect democracy."
"We will match the tea party disrupters at the polling places where we know they plan to intimidate voters, " said Arlene Holt Baker, the AFL-CIO's executive vice president.
Holt Baker said that right wing groups around the country are scouring voter registration lists looking for every possible way to block the vote in November for President Obama and for pro-labor legislators and senators.
The tea party groups, like the so called "Election Integrity" group in Maryland match names on the voter rolls to all kinds of other databases, including property tax information, arrest records or anything else they can find. Similar groups are at work in at least 30 states.
"We will work with our allies and coalition partners to stop this form of vote suppression," said Holt Baker.
Judith Browne, co-director of one such partner, the Advancement Project, said her organization and many others will work with unions to watch the right wingers hanging around the polls. She described the so-called "watch groups" as "nothing more than voter suppression posses."
"True the Vote" in Texas, another such group, was started by the King Street Patriots, a tea party group in Houston. Election Integrity Maryland was started by similar groups up there.
Every one of the 57 unions belonging to the AFL-CIO will have a coordinator responsible for of election activity. Union volunteers will dovetail their efforts with the campaign of President Obama and with the campaigns of pro-labor representatives and senators. They will focus initially on six states, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida where they believe they can have the greatest impact.
The plan is to later expand, the union leaders said, to every state above the Ohio River and the Mason-Dixon line, plus Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon and North Dakota.
"We can't write checks for ten and thirty million," said Holt Baker but "what we can do is engage in intensive, deep, one-on-one conversations between the 400,000 unionists going out there and voters, in their workplaces and at their doors.
The labor leaders said the volunteers will carry out intensive conversations, one on one, with white working-class voters, a group narrowly lost by Obama in the last election. "All working class voters, not just white men, will be more open to messages about the economy," said Holt-Baker, "when those messages come, not from TV ads, but from someone they trust - their fellow workers."
There will also be a drive to make sure no union member in the country is unregistered to vote - currently the unregistered union members are at 20 percent.
"Our role in this election is to make sure that workers see it as making the correct choice about the better path to restoring the economy and about fighting for themselves," said Mike Podhorzer, director of the AFL-CIO's political department. "We want them to see that much more than just a referendum on the performance of President Obama this election is a choice about the entire future of the nation."
Photo Vice President Joe Biden launched the Obama-Biden re-election campaign March 15 at a union hall in Toledo, Ohio, one of six concentration states for the AFL-CIO. Madalyn Ruggiero/AP


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Mini-Ring Directory
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The directory describes all the known mini-rings (except where the owner has opted out). It includes both portable and non-portable rings, rings no longer in existence and 'rings' of dumb-bells.
For more information about any of them either follow the associated link or e-mail me.
We are pleased to report two new mini-rings currently under construction. One is a ring of six Higby bells destined for Buckfastleigh, Devon and the other is an anti-clockwise, portable five that will be based in Abingdon.
The bells from the Bicycle Ring On Tour are now in storage. The fittings have been reused for a set of hemispherical bells, the first such ring to be hung for full-circle ringing, and known as the Bicycle Ring On Tour V2.
The Corridor Ring, Brockenhurst has been augmented to eight.
Bishops-Ting-Tong has temporarily moved back to its original home, Kings-Ting-Tong. It is anticipated that the ring will be returning to Bishops-Ting-Tong within the next year or so.
The project has been abandoned to convert the former portable Waterloo Tower ring into Frog-le-Tower, Shepton Mallet. Instead, the bells have been provided with all new fittings and now answer to the name 'Brian'.
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Scientists Warn That You Could Be Inhaling Chemical-Laden Microplastic Particles
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Microplastics, the scourge of beaches, oceans, waterways and aquatic life worldwide, might also be polluting the air we breathe, according to environmental health experts.
The Guardian reported that a research team at King's College in London is looking into the issue.
"There is a possibility, a real possibility, that some of those microparticles will be entrained into the air, and they will be carried around and we will end up breathing them," said Frank Kelly, a researcher and professor of environmental health at King's College, at an evidence session at the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) in the UK.
Record Financial Industry Donations to Super PACs Do Not Bode Well for Democracy
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An analysis, released on May 18 by Public Citizen, a nonprofit citizens' rights advocacy group, found that in 2016 the "financial sector accounts for more than half of all money given by donors contributing $1 million or more to presidential super PACs." According to a news release announcing the findings, Public Citizen verified that,
The financial services sector is on pace to obliterate its records for political spending this election cycle, led by a select group of donors who have given at least $1 million to super PACs devoted to presidential candidates, according to a new report (PDF) by Public Citizen....
The securities and investment industry, a subset of the finance sector that includes hedge funds and private equity funds, also has given more to outside groups than in any full election cycle.
"This pace of giving is particularly remarkable for two reasons," said Taylor Lincoln, research director for Public Citizen's Congress Watch division and author of the report. "First, the financial sector and securities industry already were the biggest donors in every election cycle on record. Second, they set these records without supporting two of the three remaining candidates."
Who is the only candidate still in the Democratic-Republican race to benefit from this largesse? Hillary Clinton, who received financial sector services donations (as well as donations from other sectors) through three super PACs. However, she is not the only candidate to receive super PAC funding. The Republican candidates who have now dropped out of the presidential race received large amounts of Super PAC money. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump rejected super PAC backing, but it is very possible that Trump will segue from a primarily self-funded (plus free massive media coverage) campaign to PAC, super PAC and large donor funding in the general election. Sanders continues to run a purely individual-donor-fueled campaign.
What is a super PAC?
Portugal Sets Record, Runs on Renewables for 107-Hours Straight
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Portugal just took a huge step forward in the renewable energy arena. The country ran on solar,wind and hydropower energy for 107-hours straight from 6:45 a.m. May 7 to 5:45 p.m. May 11,The Guardian reported.
This was a landmark event for Europe and renewable energy. In that four-day period, the European country didn't have to turn to coal or fossil fuels for its electricity needs.
Francisco Ferreira, president of Portuguese sustainability NGO Zero, told The Independent:
Portugal has been investing considerably in renewables, particularly in electricity, since this will be the main final energy within the next decades with the transition from fossil fuels in road transportation to electric vehicles.
Paris Goes Car-Free First Sunday of Every Month
car-free day, an attempt to reduce pollution in the French city. The initiative began in September 2015 as the brainchild of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.Parisians can walk, skate or cycle down the iconic Champs Elysees one day a month without worrying about traffic. The first Sunday of every month is a
The Paris Breathes campaign, responsible for implementing the program, blocks off 13 sections of the city at various times throughout the day. Sections are closed for various time periods ranging from four to 10 hours, according to the campaign's website. There are an additional four locations that go car-free for the summer months only. The first car-free day—Sept. 27, 2015—led to a 40 percent drop in nitrogen dioxide in Paris, The Guardian reported.
Paris residents seem to love the car-free days. "I think especially when the weather is like that, beautiful sunshine, we feel like it's the holidays for us. We can walk easily, no pollution, no noise. We are very happy," one of the participants said in the below NowThis video.
Paris leads the pack in monthly car-free days, but several large metro cities participate in international car-free day on Sept. 22 every year, including Washington, DC, Seattle and Long Island, New York.
Historic Victory: Four Teenagers Win in Massachusetts Climate Change Lawsuit
found in favor of four youth plaintiffs, the Conservation Law Foundation and Mass Energy Consumers Alliance Tuesday in the critical climate change case, Kain et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The court found that the DEP was not complying with its legal obligation to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions and ordered the agency to "promulgate regulations that address multiple sources or categories of sources of greenhouse gas emissions, impose a limit on emissions that may be released … and set limits that decline on an annual basis."
"This is an historic victory for young generations advocating for changes to be made by government. The global climate change crisis is a threat to the well being of humanity, and to my generation, that has been ignored for too long," youth plaintiff Shamus Miller, age 17, said.
"Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has recognized the scope and urgency of that threat and acknowledges the need for immediate action to help slow the progression of climate change. There is much more to be done both nationally and internationally but this victory is a step in the right direction and I hope that future efforts have similar success."
In 2012, hundreds of youth petitioned the DEP asking the agency to comply with the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) and adopt rules reducing the state's greenhouse gas emissions, but that petition was denied. As a result of DEP's reluctance to comply with the GWSA, youth filed this case arguing that the DEP failed to promulgate the regulations required by Section 3(d) of the GWSA establishing declining annual levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
National Research Council GMO Study Compromised by Industry Ties
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One day before the National Research Council (NRC) is scheduled to release a multi-year research report about genetically engineered(GMO) crops and food, Food & Water Watch has released an issue brief detailing the far-reaching conflicts of interest at the NRC and its parent organization, the National Academy of Sciences.
Under the Influence: The National Research Council and GMOs charts the millions of dollars in donations the NRC receives from biotech companies like Monsanto, documents the one-sided panels of scientists the NRC enlists to carry out its GMO studies and describes the revolving door of NRC staff directors who shuffle in and out of agriculture and biotech industry groups. The new issue brief also shows how NRC routinely arrives at watered-down scientific conclusions on agricultural issues based on industry science.
Meet the Man Who Created a PR Cult for Right-Wingers
While he professes to love the Lord, and he and his staff attend Monday morning Bible study, he also loves living large; Cuban cigars, high fashion suits, blue alligator shoes, a gold Rolex watch for starters. He's loud, outgoing, and charismatic. Based in Ohio, he's also got a Washington, D.C. multi-million dollar row-home office called Eastgate, named after the East Gate of Jerusalem. As bonuses, successful employees -- described in one report as a "small army of raucous, elbow throwing … mischief makers" -- receive Tag Heuer watches, keys to luxury sedans, lavish business trips, and more. He has a history of creating negative political advertisements that might make the late Lee Atwater blush. Meet Rex Elsass, who in an excellent profile by Jason Zengerle in the March issue of GQ, is described as "the most powerful Republican operative you've never heard of."
And in my case, someone who has been monitoring and reporting on conservative movements for quite some time, Zengerle was right on the money; I never had heard of Rex Elsass until reading the GQ piece.
Elsass is the founder and CEO of the Strategy Group for Media which, according to Zengerle, is a "consulting firm [that has] a knack for launching a certain kind of politician -- and a record of recent success that has turned [him] into one of the richest, not to mention most controversial, operatives in Republican politics."
Donald Trump Defends Bullying, Advising Megyn Kelly to "Fight Back" 10 Times Harder
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
Bullying is an essential tactic used by Donald Trump -- and that's not just analysis; it is a fact readily acknowledged by Trump himself.
In what was meant as a rapprochement of sorts, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly interviewed Trump, which aired on May 17. The Boston Globe reported on an excerpt in which Trump lectures Kelly about how bullying, in essence, tests the survival of the fittest. He prided himself on bullying and urged her not to feel victimized, but to "fight back" ten times harder:
Trump says he is a counterpuncher who goes after people when they go after him....
But he said bullying doesn't just happen to children. "People are bullied when they're 55," he said.
Kelly responded pointedly, with a smile: "Can happen when you're 45." She is 45.
"You know, it happens, right?" Trump went on, as if he didn't hear her. "But you gotta get over it. Fight back, do whatever you have to do."
The rest of the interview took on a lighter tone, however. Erick Wemple of The Washington Post speculates that Fox was pivoting to make nice with the presumptive Republican nominee and to publicize Kelly's new book (published by HarperCollins, which is, like Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch). The book is coming out after the election, and she shilled it on the program while interviewing Trump.
The motif of the interview was the victory of the bully. It conveyed that Megyn Fox, who was a high-profile target of Trump's misogyny, was no longer upset with him.
In a new book Bully Nation: How the American Establishment Creates a Bullying Society, authors Charles Derber and Yale R. Magress incisively explain the prototype that has resulted in a surge of supporters for the truculent "strong man." This is stated in a pre-publication summary of Bully Nation by the publisher, University of Kansas Press:
Bullying looks very similar on the personal and institutional levels: it involves an imbalance of power and behavior that consistently undermines its victim, securing compliance and submission and reinforcing the bully's sense of superiority and legitimacy.[Italics were inserted by BuzzFlash at Truthout.] The similarity, this book tells us, is not a coincidence. Applying the concept of the "sociological imagination," which links private problems and public issues, authors Charles Derber and Yale Magrass argue that individual bullying is an outgrowth—and a necessary function—of a larger social phenomenon. Bullying is seen here as a structural problem arising from systems organized around steep power hierarchies—from the halls of the Pentagon, Congress, and corporate offices to classrooms and playing fields and the environment. Dominant people and institutions need to create a culture in which violence and aggression are seen as natural and just: one where individuals compete over who will be bully or victim, and each is seen as deserving their fate within this hierarchy. The larger the inequalities of power in society, or among nations, or even across species, the more likely it is that both institutional and personal bullying will become commonplace.
Ergo, Trump's bullying of Megyn Kelly in early primary debates and tweets was part of a strategy of asserting power and attempting to weaken an individual, as well as the media. It is a way of projecting "leadership" in a society that often values forceful, obdurate negotiators who achieve their goals. Trump said that he regretted some of his coarse and vulgar remarks about Kelly, but he did not apologize.
Nebraska Farmers Sue Monsanto Alleging Roundup Gave Them Cancer
Monsanto Co. alleging that the agribusiness giant's cancer-linked product, Roundup, gave them non-Hodgkin lymphoma after many years of exposure.Four Nebraskan agricultural workers have filed a lawsuit against
The plaintiffs have also accused Monsanto of purposely misleading consumers about the safety of its blockbuster product, which contains glyphosate as its controversial main ingredient.
The plaintiffs allege that Monsanto mislabeled the product in defiance of the "body of recognized scientific evidence linking the disease to exposure to Roundup."
Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world was infamously classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in March 2015.
"Case-control studies of occupational exposure in the USA, Canada, and Sweden reported increased risks for non-Hodgkin lymphoma that persisted after adjustment for other pesticides," the IARC said about the herbicide, adding that there is also "convincing evidence" that it can cause cancer in laboratory animals.
The plaintiffs in the case are farmers Larry Domina and Robert Dickey both of Cedar County, York County farmer Royce Janzen and Dodge County agronomist Frank Pollard, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. They are represented by Omaha-based Domina Law Group and New York-based Weitz & Luxembourg.
New Fracking Study Finds Children at Greater Risk of Respiratory Health Problems
fracking might allow for cheaper prices to heat your home, but a growing number of scientists are becoming concerned about its unacceptable health implications.Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations such as
In the first comprehensive literature review to date on the respiratory health risks associated with UOG, experts from the Center for Environmental Health, the Institute for Health and the Environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments have found that these operations are particularly harmful to infants and young children.
The study, Hazards of UOG Emissions on Children's and Infants' Respiratory Health, was published today in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health.
The the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that there are nearly 700 chemicals used in the fracking process. Fracking fluids can contain a toxic slew of hazardous chemicals that can affect human health and the environment, but oil and gas companies are not required to disclose exactly what they are.
According to the study, at least five chemicals associated with unconventional oil and gas operations and fracking—tropospheric ozone, particulate matter, silica dust, benzene and formaldehyde—are linked to respiratory health issues on infants and children, including asthma, reduced lung and pulmonary function, increased susceptibility to infection, chest discomfort, difficulty breathing, lung inflammation and other adverse outcomes.


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