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h/t to Roger who provided a link to this in response to a comment I left on Breitbart. I had completely forgotten about this. If you want to understand why P-BO still can't make a decision regarding Afghanistan – or why it took three months to respond to General McChrystal's request – this says it all.
P-BO isn't interested in winning this war in Afghanistan. If he were, he wouldn't be sending over JUST 34,000 troops over a year's period. If he were serious about winning either war in Afghanistan or Iraq – he would send everything we have and put the full force of American military might on those terrorists. We could be completely done with both countries and both wars if he would just unleash the American war machine. We have the most technologically advanced weaponry in the world – yet – our soldiers are left wondering from house-to-house searching for these islamofascist scumbags. This is war for crying out loud. Send in the freakin' heavy artillery and just wipe them out. Nope – instead – we have three honorable Navy Seals being sent to court martial because a terrorist scumbag got a bloody lip (well, not just any terrorist scumbag – a high priority Al-Qaeda leader scumbag).
Grow some balls P-BO and quit playing politics with our soldiers. Even Britain is now calling you a dithering idiot for waiting too long. Finish this damned war the right way, with VICTORY, or bring them home already. This could be ended by Christmas for sure if you just went all in.
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lsm presents Obama?s New Constitution. posted at awaken the elephants blog.
Kinda scary, isn't it LSM? Spot on analysis of his speech there. But, I'm not surprised. Michelle Obama herself said it last summer when she was on The View – she said Obama wants to remake this country and to change our culture. The problem is that too many people just glossed it over and didn't really pay attention to that statement. Likewise, other than your analysis – I really haven't heard anybody else pointing it out as poignantly as you have. Keep up the great fight!
Nayano Taylor-Neumann presents End racist violence -ban Australia Day? posted at A possie in Aussie.
Wow! I didn't realize you guys had such troubles going on down under. None of that was reported over here. Seems a shame that a group of racists have hijacked a national holiday. Seems to me that banning Australia Day would be equivalent to banning our Independence Day. Do you think that would happen?
seth1492 presents Republican Future posted at Wait Wait… Do Tell Me!.
A post I can agree with. However, don't mistake Republicans for Conservatives – two different things. What you detailed as a plan of action are Conservative principles. Unfortunately, we have too many RINO's in the party that are liberal or moderate-left. In addition to Republicans returning to Conservative principles – we need to get the RINO's out of he party since they are diluting it.
Michael Haltman presents Barack Obama: The Great American Apologist [del.icio.us] posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator, saying, "Al-Arabiya Gets The First T.V. Interview With President Obama"
Michael – excellent analysis on that interview – a must see by all my readers in case they did not see/hear the interview themselves. When I first heard it I just hung my head. This guy just does not get the full grasp of his position and what it means in the world. The rest of the world, and especially the muslims, will interpret his words just as you and I have. America is bad and everything is our fault. This just gives those islamofascists more ammunition for recruiting more jihadists to do more damage to Americans and American interests. I've said it before, and I'll say it again – Obama is an idiot and he is too inexperienced to be our President.
Steve Simbeck presents A definitive work on the state of current affairs posted at No Mato mi Pavo, saying, "The slant of this blog is not hard to define."
Hey, Steve – welcome back. I'm glad you posted this up. I first heard about this last month, just before Christmas, and had intended on doing a post about it – but completely forgot about it. After reading the deleted words – it all came rushing back again. I think you are absolutely correct – there is a definite agenda there and you don't need to be a rocket surgeon to recognize it.
Steve Simbeck presents 4 out of 5 experts agree that 4 out of 5 experts are experts posted at No Mato mi Pavo, saying, "Written just before the inauguration but I think it still resonates."
Hmmm…very interesting. I guess I would have to say I'm an expert on superheroes since I watch cartoons! Silly ain't it?
Madeleine Begun Kane presents No Quid? No Quo! posted at Mad Kane's Political Madness.
Hi MadKane – welcome back. Sure – there were concessions – but – this is a bloated spending bill and has absolutely nothing to do with stimulating the economy. It will only increase the size of government. This bill could be widdled down to $80Billion if it were truly just an economic stimulus bill. I stand firm with those who opposed it – including the smart 11 Democrats who opposed it. Not all the Dems were on "Stretch" Pelosi's side on it either.
seth1492 presents Gaza Conflict: Tunneling to Egypt posted at Wait Wait… Do Tell Me!.
Hey Seth – I like the visuals. Good discussion regarding the tunnels and the bombing of them. Let's hope Israel gets them shut down completely!
Silicon Valley Blogger presents No 2009 Economic Stimulus Check? How Obama's Stimulus Plan Affects The Middle Class posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Thanks!"
Nice summary of the stimulus plan – if you can actually call it that. I'll be posting up a detailed look at it here shortly. One other thing you might point out regarding that $500 tax credit – other than you are correct – it's not much – is that the $500 credit will be broken up incrementally over multiple paychecks – and therefore will have very little effect at all. I don't think those boneheads up in D.C. ever took a economics class or ever ran their own businesses. If they did, they wouldn't be putting stupid crap like what you pointed out in this plan.
Josh presents Government Reform: Oxymoron or Can It Happen? posted at Inside Government.
A great post looking at reform in Indiana. This could possibly be a microcosmic look at how we can reshape the Federal government. Great post, Josh.
Greg presents TNMilitant.com » Blog Archive » Terror shouldn't be treated like other crimes. posted at TNMilitant.com.
Right on, Greg! Those idiots on the left who want to treat terrorists like regular criminals just don't get it. These guys are considered enemy combatants when captured outside of U.S. territory – so – therefore – they should have not access to our courts as our constitution does not pertain to them. The article you linked to is very eye-opening. This is exactly what happens when you treat a terrorist like a regular criminal.
seth1492 presents Livni (Israel) says Bad Idea Barack posted at Wait Wait… Do Tell Me!.
Sorry, Seth – gonna have to agree with Livni on this one. No head of any state should have open dialogue with rogue and terrorist leaders without preconditions. Obama is drafting a letter in order to open up direct dialogue with Iran. This goes against decades of foreign policy. Not even past Democrat Presidents have ever dealt directly with rogue heads of states without preconditions. What Obama is doing is very dangerous, and as Livni pointed out, shows weakness in the minds of the Arab world. Your examples are incomplete. Reagan never had direct conversations with Gorbachev until all the preconditions were met and only after other delegate teams met with the Russians first. Obama needs to do the same thing. Send Shillary or some other delegates first with the preconditions that have to be met first before we open dialogue. Obama's letter to Imanutjob will mean that Iran will surely see this as an opening to attack Israel openly.
Buck Says presents Pelosi In Charge: How can That Happen in a Sane World? posted at Buck Says, saying, "Nancy Pilosi and Harry Reed in charge?–We are in real trouble now."
Hey Buck – I don't know if you heard the interview with Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor – but – apparently, Obama pretty much said the same thing to him. When Cantor pointed out to Mr. Obama that the people elected him because he promised change in government and to help the economy they needed tax cuts – Obama told him "I won. I will trump you on that." Obama and Pelosi are on the same page there. I don't think we will see any real change in government other than to see it get bigger.
Alexander Woods presents Rod Blagojevich: Crooked Politician or Machiavellian Hero? posted at The Daily Destiny.
Howdy Alexander – I guess it depends on how one looks at Machiavelli. I personally did not see Machiavelli as a hero – I saw him as a crook who would say anything to get what he wants – a smooth talker. For me – crooked politician and Machiavellian are one and the same. But, you do justice by pointing out Blago's absurdity. Great post!
Allen Scott presents Give me, Give me, and then give me Some More posted at Journey Across the Sky.
Excellent use of scripture for backing up your points there Allen. I would just change one thing – you say "We do not need bailouts or handouts. We need repentence." Based on what you have written, I can see why you might say we need repentence. However, I would say we need to take responsibility for our actions and to fix what we screwed up. Sure, it might be Wall Street's fault, in concert with our Fed, for the huge economic mess – but – each and every one of us have some responsibility for that downfall as well (part of which you point out.) Rather than blame government and Wall Street – we need to accept the part we played in it and do what we need to do to fix it so that we can be responsible "parents" and not leave this burden to our children and their children.
Allen Scott presents Inauguration Day posted at Journey Across the Sky.
I actually read this after I responded to your previous submission. An excellent discussion on taking responsibility rather than looking for that hand out! Yes we can! LOL.
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Talk about being wishy-washy! Is this the kind of "change" you guys on the left voted for?
Obama to Issue Order Closing Gitmo During First Week in Office
Oh, sure that sounds great on the surface to you leftards don't it? You've been dying to get those terrorists put back on the streets in order to continue to kill innocent Americans and any other infidels because somehow you think it's unconstitutional to hold non-uniformed enemy combatants indefinitely. There is nothing in our U.S. Constitution that says you have to allow foreign enemies of this country access to our court system. Morons. In any case – you have to read what he actually says -
President-elect Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order during his first week in office to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a source familiar with the decision told FOX News.
Hmmm…an Executive Order? Awesome – so – you will actually close it down?
The order will not set a deadline for shuttering the controversial prison, the source said. Rather, Obama will order the facility to be closed as quickly as possible while leaving room for national security implications to be considered.
Fucking pussy! Although – I guess if you had enough brain-dead idiots out there to vote for you simply on a message of "hope and change" I guess you can snow them with this bullshit too! He's talking out both sides of his ass.
Let's just say he does actually manage to close it down – do you think those terrorists will go and become peaceful and useful citizens? Nope -
Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism
Oh – I feel safe now knowing that dipshit taking office next week wants to release those 250 known and 15 "high risk" terrorists back in to the wilds!
Welcome to yet another great edition of The BoBo Carnival of Politics – and Happy December. There are only 18 days left before Christmas – if any of you are actually keeping track. As with weeks prior – another great grouping of article submissions yet again! We have 18 great posts to read this week – so – grab another soda or coffee or whatever your quaffage of choice is while you blog cruise and check each of these out.
Steve Simbeck presents I just ran over a pig-footed bandicoot with my Edsel so where is my bailout? posted at No Mato mi Pavo.
That's some pretty funny stuff over there. I'll have to admit it took me a moment to realize where you were going with it – but – I like the analogies. pig-footed bandicoots and ambersnails – good one!
Steve Parry presents Change We Can Believe In; Judging A Book By Its Cover posted at The Axis, saying, "It's mostly humor, but pretty much on the money."
Steve – thanks for the submission, buddy! I didn't recognize a single one of those names myself!
Jon Swift presents Conservatives Need a Bailout posted at Jon Swift, saying, "No one has been hit harder by this financial turmoil than conservatives. Although conservatives generally support self-reliance when it comes to others, the situation is so dire that the only thing that will save our conservative institutions at this point is a quick infusion of government aid."
If none of you have ever been to Jon's place before – this guy is a must read! I don't know about you other conservative bloggers – but – with the economy the way it is and with the fear in the market over an Obama administration – I've been hit pretty hard. I'm now to the point where I'm taking money from my kids' piggy banks just to pay for the hosting service (oh..wait..I don't pay for it) – nevermind. In any case – Mr. Swift's post is a satirical look at conservatives in the economic downturn.
Lisa Spinelli presents Warren Buffett's Secretary Pays More in Tax Than Warren Buffett | Greener Pastures: Personal Finance posted at Greener Pastures: Personal Finance.
Welcome back, Lisa. Just one question – who is doing his secretary's taxes? If she paid 30% on $60k either she has absolutely no deductions to itemize (which is very unusual) or her tax preparer is an idiot. Also, if he's paying HIS personal secretary only $60k a year – he's a cheapskate. Executive secretaries today make in the $80K – $100K+ range nowadays.
SpkTruth2Pwr presents Silence is NOT Golden. posted at The Apathy Remedy, saying, "When NOT speaking up goes wrong? A look at ethical behavior and personal responsibility in leadership, decision-making, organizational structure. Whistleblowers stand up!"
Nice to see ya again! This is a great post. In my past life – I used to be a litigation consultant regarding Qui Tam and False Claim lawsuits in healthcare organizations. You are absolutely right – you should never stand idly by if you know there is wrong doing. Part of the economic problem we are facing today is because TOO MANY people sat idly by just watching these things take shape knowing it was wrong. There is a federal whistleblower law on the books that states employers are not allowed to retaliate against any employees who file a whistleblower complaint. I'll echo it here as well – stand up and be heard if you know something is wrong.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Irony Has At Least Seven More Lives posted at Mad Kane's Political Madness.
Ahh..but with satirists such as yourself – I'm sure it will be resurrected – most certainly with an Obama presidency!
BH presents Is Mumbai really anything new? posted at Bangladeshi Hindu, saying, "A detailed analysis of Islamic terrorism in India by Dr. Richard Benkin."
BH – thank you so much for submitting this post. What happened in Mumbai is indeed a tragedy and I believe Dr. Benkin nailed it on the head there. This was totally preventable – and – unfortunately as with the Indian leaders – I think many of our American leaders aren't paying attention either or taking the threats seriously. This is a must read article.
Sarah Scrafford presents Top 50 Constitutional Law Blogs posted at Masters in Criminal Justice.
Thank you Sarah for another great resource. I'm adding this to my favorites as I did the other list.
John Kaduk presents A Russian-Iranian Alliance? Part I: Russia posted at The Right Wing.
Excellent analysis John. Looking forward to parts II and III. I've suspected such links and alliances with Iran going back to 2003 when Russia first sided against us when we wanted to move in to Iraq. I believed then that Russia was playing both sides between Iraq and Iran. Likewise, with Russia building the "nuclear power plants" for Iran – I'm sure there is much more going on there than just energy swapping!
Archvillain presents Unintended Consequences posted at A Dark and Sinister Force for Good, saying, "Evil has deep roots, and the innocent suffer for the sins of those long past."
Very creative, Archvillain! It's plausible – that damned Henry VIII – I don't know what to say!
Bradley Hankins presents Let's Not Fail Our Students, Let's Help Them posted at Kayloo.
Hey Bradley – thanks for the submission. While I like the title – for whatever reason – at the time I went to read the article before publishing – all of your pages are gone! Hopefully, you'll have them up soon for the rest of the readers to enjoy.
Woodward Friend presents this is why we can't have nice things #1: citigroup posted at detroitist.
Hey Woodward Friend – thanks for this post. Corporate American may not like it – but – the majority of Americans are all for true free-market capitalism. I say screw CitiGroup and all those other companies looking for a handout from we the people. I still don't understand if we the people have told our representatives NO BAILOUT – then why the hell are they still handing out our money to those bastards. Let capitalism work the way it's supposed to – no government interference either in good or bad times. If they fail – they fail – screw them.
SpkTruth2Pwr presents Pre-Reqs for Taking the State Sec'y Job posted at The Apathy Remedy, saying, "Does Hillary stack up on the job requirements that really counts in order to be a great Secretary of State? Or is this one job she will NOT be good at?"
Well – I don't share your same optimism. I wouldn't have given her a check in any of the categories you used. Oh well, but then again – I'm one of those evil conservatives! I just don't trust either of the Clintons.
Jeremy R. Shown presents This Time Will Be Different. No Really, I Mean It. posted at Rhymes With Clown, saying, "Do we really want to double down on government intervention and regulation?"
"Rhymes With Clown" – a man after this clown's heart!! I like the way you think Jeremy. I'm still trying to figure out how those Dems and anti-capitalist can sincerely state that our corporations (any corporation) in this country is unregulated. I too believe we are seeing the problems we are due largely because of too much government regulation and intervention.
Mike Cavin presents George "Quacking" Bush – Lame Duck?, posted at Inside Government.
A most excellent analysis and explanation of just what a "lame duck" is as it relates to our government. I must agree with your opinion about GWB as well. He essentially has already turned over the office to Obama.
Alli presents How to Save the Republic – Part 3 – Repeal the Direct Election of Senators posted at The Smoking Argus, saying, "We must understand that the Central Bankers who sought to regain control over our money supply and monetary policy at the beginning of the 20th century did indeed learn a precious lesson from the demise of the 2nd Central Bank of the United States…"
This is a very long post – but well worth the read. If anyone is interested in how the Federal Reserve came to pass and how our Senators are complicit with removing the banking powers from our government – this is a very detailed historical account. Only one thing though – I was under the impression that Senators were still subject to recall by state Governors if the people of the state so choose. But, I'm in agreement – we need to do away with career politicians.
Wenchypoo presents The Truth About the Economy and Job Creation (L-O-N-G) posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo's Mental Wastebasket.
Hey Wenchypoo – nice to see you again – it's been a while! You weren't kidding when you said this was a long post. But, I thoroughly enjoyed it. You were right on target with all of your points with regards to our economy being a bunch of individuals conducting transactions. I too fear what will happen to this economy when Obama gets in and starts adding barriers to business. If they try to start this "green" business bullshit – we're REALLY in trouble. Global warming is a hoax and all the reports coming out have said the earth has actually been cooling the last 7 years and they expect 2009 to be even cooler. With these types of reports coming out – no investor or venture capitalist would be willing to sink their money in a losing business. While the rest of the world is coming around and realizing "green" is not the way to go – our government is going to screw us with all these "green" mandates. Excellent post – your last paragraph is an excellent conclusion.
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While the Bills loss to the Bengals can be in part attributed to poor play on both sides of the ball, one cannot help but wonder about certain rules and officiating that also had a major effect on the game. Before I go on, I must applaud the NFL in its ability to adjust or even get rid of its rules over time. The infamous pushed out of bounds - but could still be a catch was repealed with much fanfare that helped to ease questionable game changing calls. Most importantly is the huge impact that the NFL has allowed through the replay and the coach's challenge. And while these instruments do a great deal to ease controversial calls, the fact remains that referees still can get it wrong at times.
Refereeing mistakes happen all the time, even with the best officials. The Chargers once got gypped on a blown should-have been fumble in a game lost to the Broncos by a single point by (then voted best referee) Ed Hochuli. To that end, the NFL has encouraged its referees to let certain plays play out if a fumble did indeed occur, although that power still resides with the on-field referees. But lets face it, the referees are only human and in all sports, blown or missed calls can happen. Judgment calls for penalties happen or don't. Seven referees keeping track of quickly moving, bunched up players while avoiding getting hit, interfering in plays and ball movements is a lot to expect. Replay and challenges are a step in the right direction, but more is needed, and more can be done.
I: More Views
The first and easiest change is to simply have more camera angles on the field. How many times have the refs made a call and then have to stick with it due to inadequate views on the field of the play? Part of what I love about Madden Football is the ability to view instant replay from virtually any angle. While that same ability cannot, nor consistently be done all the time, simply stringing a few extra cameras along the sidelines can ease the burden of replay. Even while paying players more under the new CBA, I believe the NFL still wants to deliver its fans the best picture on the field. Not only would extra cameras give officials more ways to review a play, but it will give fans at home a better experience as well.
II: Reviewing
This in turns leads into my second point, the matter of officials reviewing plays on the field. As I am not a referee, I do not know how exactly the replay booth the head referee uses works. But based on the size, I have to imagine that the screen size cannot make it any easier for replay officials to determine the outcome of a controversial play. Also, the referee, despite all his integrity may be susceptible to the hometown pressure to rule in a certain manner. While I feel the latter is very unlikely, to ease opponent complaints, major replays (IE coach's challenge or a score) should be reviewed at a central location by independent eyes. Much like the NHL, reviews can be made not only more impartially, but can also be looked at more thoroughly, quickly (especially in this era of modern technology) and thus accurately.
III: Repealing the Tuck Rule
One specific rule to which there has been some controversy is the (infamous) tuck rule. The first example occurred in the playoffs between the Raiders and the Patriots in which Tom Brady seemingly fumbles the ball when bringing the ball back in to protect it. Rather than getting called a fumble, the officials rule it an incomplete pass despite no actual attempt to throw the ball. This is even more apparent in the Bills v Bengals game of 2011 in which Andy Dalton senses the pressure, and while moving the ball in to protect it, gets hit from behind and seemingly fumbles.
Obviously there is some controversy as the referee is the only person to judge whether the loose ball is indeed a fumble. For the sake of simplicity, the referee is right under the current rule. But again, no attempt is being made to throw the ball, nor does it travel the necessary distance to be ruled a pass. What I propose is that when reviewing the play, a math program using trigonometry (using math in sports, what a revolutionary concept) the NFL establishes angles at which the ball can be determined as a forward pass attempt or a fumble.
This idea would also affect the controversial outcome on the aforementioned Chargers-Broncos game. The QB would have to have arm in a way that a pass could be conceivably be caught by a nearby target or the ball must be released going forwards without any help (IE defensive person banging the arm/ball). I won't put specific parameters to this idea, but the tuck rule needs reevaluation as no pass attempt is being made. Otherwise I fear QBs will simply argue they were getting rid of the ball then take a sack rather than fumbling the ball.
As this is still highly subjective to the replay official (hopefully in a separate area than on-field), I can understand if this abstract idea is not accepted, but would hopefully be taken in consideration. I love football ever since I was a little kid and so I would do nothing to harm the integrity of the sport, instead focusing to help improve it for future generations.

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Police sergeant set to be sentenced after he admitted sexually assaulting girl
6:39pm Thursday 9th January 2014 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
A British Transport Police sergeant is set to be sentenced tomorrow after he admitted sexual assault.
Mick Defries, 58, of Barnham, appeared at Lewes Crown Court last month where he confessed to two counts of sexual assault of a female child under 13.
He has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at the same court tomorrow.
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ing nonce case.I hope they get him in jail
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9:15am Fri 10 Jan 14
Richada says...
.......after sectioning and councelling dare say he'll be at large in less than 18 months, presumably to enjoy his pension.
3:08pm Sat 11 Jan 14
Ambo Guy says...
Seventh Circle wrote:It's just you.
Is it me or did it used to be unheard of for a member of the police to be convicted of offences such as this? Either that or it used to be kept quiet which I suspect it was... bit like Catholic priests and Jimmy Saville
Police Officers ,just like members of the public, have previously been caught and convicted for child sex offences.
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NCAA RUNDOWN: West Chester sweeps Kutztown
Published: Dec 07 2013 08:36:51 PM EST
West Chester won a pair of games over Kutztown in a PSAC doubleheader at Keystone Arena on Saturday.
The Golden Rams women won 83-81, and the men followed with an 85-71 win.
Also in Berks County, the Alvernia men beat their Reading city rivals, earning an 88-66 home win over Albright.
The Albright women won the first game of the doubleheader, 72-59 over Alvernia.
Other local winners on Saturday included the DeSales men and women, the Moravian women, the Muhlenberg men, and the East Stroudsburg men.
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101 Ways to Promote a New Blog
This is a guest post by David Turnbull. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
Promoting a new blog can be quite daunting, but it doesn't have to be. As you might expect, breaking down blog promotion into small, actionable tasks eliminates the mental road block you've probably experienced when trying to wrap you head around how to get people's attention. You don't have to do everything in this list, and some items will have a greater effect then others, but every tactic will at least drive some traffic, and any traffic is better than no traffic.
1. Write a list of over 100+ resources or ideas.
2. Write the definitive guide to something. Spend time making this awesome.
3. Release a manifesto.
4. Release 2 manifestos.
5. Interview cool people. People like talking about cool people.
6. After your articles are indexed in search engines, break them up into smaller articles and submit them to ezinearticles.com (and other article directories).
7. Or just pay someone to submit the articles for you.
8. Write a list of all the cool blogs and people in your niche.
9. Check out the most popular content on high trafficked blogs. Create similar content but applied to your own niche.
10. Start a page.
11. Make that page awesome.
12. Start a group.
13. Make that group awesome.
14. Create a Facebook app for your blog.
15. Wait. After you've taken action it can take a short while for traffic to arrive.
16. Be patient. Some bloggers may seem like overnight successes, but if you look back in their archives, they've been creating content for a long time.
17. Motivate yourself.
18. Read The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing.
19. Have an interesting story and overall purpose.
20. Embrace the Law of Reciprocity. Everything you give will come back exponentially.
21. Make blogging easier.
22. Take action every day. Just get one important thing done every day and eventually you'll start getting traffic. The more you do each day the faster your blog gets traction.
23. Find people with blogs at a similar level to yours and help each other out.
24. Turn off your computer, do some cool stuff, turn on your computer again and blog about it.
25. Understand the importance of context.
26. Be consistent. You don't need to blog every day but try to stick to at least some sort of schedule.
27. Make it a numbers game. Decide upon a definite plan of action (eg. 20 blog comments per day, 1 guest post per week etc) and stick with that.
Online Video
28. Create videos and distribute them through tubemogul.com
29. Or for wider video distribution trafficgeyser.com may work for you (expensive though).
30. Respond to YouTube videos with your content.
31. Include your full blog address at the TOP of your video descriptions.
32. Take your time with devising video titles and tags.
33. Convert your video to multiple formats, with slight editing changes, and upload it to video sites multiple times, targeting different keywords. The content remains the same but you can test what videos and titles work the best.
34. Buy the accounts of popular YouTubers and then add your blog address to the descriptions of their videos.
35. Start the first live show in your niche (Ustream, Justin.tv and LiveStream are popular choices). Make sure you record the shows too so they can be distributed as a podcast later on.
Other Blogs
36. Be the first commenter on the posts of popular blogs. But still provide value.
37. If you can't be the first then comment anyway. But try to be the first.
38. Stumble and Digg cool blog posts you find and let the blogger know via a comment. If you have something worthy on your blog, they'll probably reciprocate.
39. Use google.com/blogsearch to find fresh blog posts and then leave intelligent comments.
40. Link to blogs of a similar size. They'll notice and then good stuff may happen.
41. Write a guest post for a large blog. You may not always get published, but when you do the traffic spike will be significant.
42. Write a guest post for a small blog. You're more likely to get published and build relationships with the next wave of A-List bloggers.
43. Write some more guest posts. Can't hurt, that's for sure.
44. Join a blog network.
45. Start a StumbleUpon Ads campaign.
46. Get reviewed.
47. Buy some ad space.
48. Send out a press release.
49. Attend relevant meetups.
50. Tell your friends and family about your blog. Have them tell everyone they know.
51. Start a podcast and submit it to the iTunes directory.
52. Convert audio files to video files (just use Windows Movie Maker or iMovie) and send them out via tubemogul.com
53. Submit it to some other podcast directories.
Search engine optimization
54. Write linkbait.
55. Have any video or audio content transcribed and posted to your blog.
56. Register your domain name for 10 years.
57. Take advantage of sites scraping your blog's feed by interlinking posts. Simple way to get deep inbound links.
58. Use Thesis.
Social networks
59. Join every social network you can.
60. Or, just join a couple and be really active.
61. Become active in relevant ning.com communities.
62. Convert blog posts to PDF files and submit them to Scribd — include your blog url in the description and document itself.
63. Add your Scribd documents to relevant groups.
64. Submit your best posts to blog carnivals.
65. Join relevant forums, add your blog address to your signature and start posting intelligently.
66. Sign up at ping.fm and use twitterfeed.com to auto post your latest blog content to a bunch of social networks.
67. Create lists on Amazon.com
68. Write reviews on Amazon.com
69. Better yet, create video reviews for Amazon.com
70. Answer relevant questions on Yahoo Answers, leaving your website as the source.
71. Or on Mahalo Answers.
72. Or even through LinkedIn Answers.
73. Start your own Slinkset, and feed your RSS feed into it automatically.
74. Submit your site to alltop.com
75. Write an article aimed at Digg (okay, that article won't help much).
76. Also, befriend one of the many Digg powerusers.
77. Create a new thread on a forum and write up a really great guide with no self promotion. Simple way to be seen as an authority figure and to elicit comments on your writing (don't forget that signature link though!).
78. Submit your content to dofollow social bookmarking sites.
79. Or have Bookmarking Demon do it for you (certainly a bend in ethics though).
80. Become an active stumbler to understand what stumblers like.
81. Friend people who stumble your content (they may just want to stumble more in the future)..
82. Have other people initially submit content (or "Discover" it as it's known).
83. Place a Stumble button in your post template.
84. Sign up at su.pr and use it for all your short url needs.
85. Post content to your Facebook and Twitter stream.
86. Install the WordPress plugin to automate the process.
87. Identify the times that result in the most clicks and schedule tweets for them.
88. Setup your blog as a promoted website.
89. Include hash tags (#tagname) in your tweets.
90. Search for your niche and answer any questions people have.
91. Place a Retweet button in your post template.
92. Follow relevant, popular, and interesting people.
93. Send @replies to relevant, popular and interesting people.
94. Tweet links to your content at multiple times during the day.
95. Love a product from a company that's on Twitter? Review it and they may just notice and tweet about the review. It's happened to me.
96. Sponsor some tweets.
97. Find cool people in your niche who live nearby and organize a tweet up (a meet up where you invite anyone on Twitter).
98. Install All In One SEO Pack.
99. Automatically ping lots of ping services.
100. Create a theme, include a link to your blog in the footer, and then release it for free.
101. Create a plugin and release it for free. Add a link to your blog within the admin area. If it's a good plugin people will love you for it.
David Turnbull is a Buddhist blogger, Apple fan boy, lousy musician, designer, book worm, simplicity freak and dedicated computer geek. You can visit his blog on davidturnbull.com.
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83 Responses to "101 Ways to Promote a New Blog"
V.C on
November 4, 2009 1:54 am
This is an awesome post, I would say.
I agree with most of your ideas.
From my point of view, I think advertising is a good way to promote blog. IN your list I'd like to suggest Google Adsense.
Costa on
November 4, 2009 2:13 am
I am but prompted to say, by the time I reach the 'facebook' stage, I will already be one exhausted blogger, abandoning whatever I have started and never to return.
Maybe I'm just plain lazy, but blogging is no fun this way. LOL.
David Turnbull on
November 4, 2009 2:27 am
Great to see my name up on the blog again. And thanks for the comments so far guys. You definitely don't have put *everything* listed into use, but I thought a bunch of practical tips could be useful.
sibaho way on
November 4, 2009 2:50 am
Good job, David !
Antti Kokkonen on
November 4, 2009 3:31 am
Thanks for compiling such a great list and sharing it with us David! Quite a bit of things I've seen and knew already, but forgotten about it over time. Lessson learned, I really gotta start writing these things down and put them on a plan.
Oscar - freestyle mind on
November 4, 2009 4:43 am
Lots of useful stuff here, I need to update my todo list!
Cassandra Jade on
November 4, 2009 5:42 am
Some great advice and information here. I love the organisation of this list. I found it interesting that even though I use a lot of these options, I'm probably not using them particularly well. Thanks for a great post.
TR on
November 4, 2009 6:02 am
I'd add two, which are related:
1. Don't even THINK of promoting your site until you have been writing it for at least a month. Very few survive a month. Running around telling everyone, hey, come read my site! when it's day 1 and you have one post of, is a waste of all that effort.
2. The best thing you can do is write really good content. If you write it, they will come, and you don't have to do too much crazy artificial stuff to promote it. I've seen people put up a lame weekly post and waste time promoting it. They may come look – and then never come back. By the way, I disagree with you WRT daily. DO write daily. If you don't have at least an idea a day, what are you doing writing a website? Just go contribute occasionally to someone else's.
Irina Kremin on
November 4, 2009 6:40 am
Great post, it looks like there is nothing I can add or can I?
Mark Harrison on
November 4, 2009 7:08 am
This is an excellent post and contains a lot of ideas on promotion that have never occured to me previously. I guess people who are daunted by it should choose their immediate choices (ie.the ones on the list that are an absolute must and vital to your blogs success)and work down the list.
The great thing about a list like this is that it allows you to pick and mix your options and whilst some of them will only be a case of 'if I ever get the time', the blogger can decide what is important to them.
Young on
November 4, 2009 7:47 am
Cool, the more tips you use, the more traffic you will get, but also the more time you will spend.
Mighty on
November 4, 2009 9:05 am
This list is a good list! It contains a number of specific items and definitely makes blogging look less like rocket science.
Ben on
November 4, 2009 9:19 am
Great list. Bookmarking it.
Lia Qistina on
November 4, 2009 9:51 am
Wow, thanks!
just in time as i really need some blogging guide!
Website Reviewer on
November 4, 2009 10:06 am
Great list. Not so much for the content as too having it all together at once. Many thing you have read somewhere, but having them in a list, really makes you ask yourself: why again wasn't I doing this already?
Andy Michaels on
November 4, 2009 10:13 am
Wow! It really is 101 ways!
ana on
November 4, 2009 11:14 am
tks for the great post! still, how come we cannot save it Bookmarks? u forgot to put THIS plugin on yr blog… how come?
Bob Bessette on
November 4, 2009 11:46 am
Very comprehensive post David. Now I have to decide which ones are the biggest bang for the buck and implement them!
Available Domains Blog on
November 4, 2009 12:24 pm
Superb list! Bookmarked, will try to work on most of them.
BloggerDaily on
November 4, 2009 12:28 pm
Gosh. This post itself is an interesting an useful post! I'll practice it one by one. Thanks a lot! =D
Hal Brown on
November 4, 2009 12:51 pm
Wow. And to think this list, as long and extensive as it is, could have even more added to it. It is excellent, and what I don't do now I will try a good many of the things on the list.
I have tagged this message (email) as important for future reference. I have mixed feelings about some of these things – it begs the question, how serious do I want to be about a blog?
Thanks for a great post.
Katharina Boehme on
November 4, 2009 1:04 pm
Great list! I am working on it..
Gabe | freebloghelp.com on
November 4, 2009 1:21 pm
Pretty comprehensive list there! So much to do, so little time.
Blogcarnivals really stuck out to me, I'm going to head over there now.
mmSeason on
November 4, 2009 2:49 pm
Tweeting this! Thank you!
Ilija Brajkovic on
November 4, 2009 2:58 pm
Fantastic list, I will definitely use some of your advices. Thank you!
Oswald Hobbes IV on
November 4, 2009 3:36 pm
Ton of great ideas. I'll definitely tweet this.
Haresh on
November 4, 2009 4:50 pm
A wonderful post indeed. Will try most of them for sure.
Eric C on
November 4, 2009 4:56 pm
Sigh. I just wrote up a brainstorm on publicity, and was looking for posts like these. I'm glad its available…now.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to seeing if this has any new ideas to add to my plan.
Moreno on
November 4, 2009 4:57 pm
Awesome list. Going to check out his blog and possibly subscribe.
I think I will go down this list and do everyone of the items. It will be fun and lots of work
Eric C on
November 4, 2009 5:08 pm
The Facebook section and the fundamentals sections were particularly good.
Some of the stuff not so much, but a must read.
nethall.gr on
November 4, 2009 5:56 pm
Cool article, really usefull!
George Passwater on
November 4, 2009 7:42 pm
Thanks for posting this great list.
There are many on here that I know and some I wasn't looking at yet. I will keep this list handy. Great stuff!
KiksMedia on
November 4, 2009 8:17 pm
Has anyone used bookmarkingdemon.com
David Walker on
November 4, 2009 8:43 pm
Excellent list David, thank you. It's great for beginners and those of us who have been around for a few years but need a little reminding to tweak here and there. There's so much to do to promote a blog that it can be overwhelming at times; that your 101 ways is in list form makes it easier to follow and implement.
I'll bookmark and use it as a reference.
Keith Davis on
November 4, 2009 8:46 pm
Only 101?
Tons of ideas, although it may take me some time to work my way through them all.
Good idea to group the suggestions under different headings, makes it easy to pickl and mix.
Lots of social networking… I really have to make an effort to get into it! This post might be the one that makes me get started.
David Turnbull on
November 4, 2009 9:57 pm
Thanks for all the comments guys. Glad you liked the article.
elmot on
November 5, 2009 2:01 am
There are no more reasons for people of not having the tools and tips on making a new blog boost up the rankings, performance and popularity with these long list.
GoBusiness101 on
November 5, 2009 2:35 am
Wow! you said everything. I do agree that you have to wait patiently. Look at my site, its now gaining more traffic than the usual! tanx!
Haresh on
November 5, 2009 6:08 am
Any 'All In One SEO Pack' for Blogspot?
John Samuel on
November 5, 2009 9:07 am
A great collection. I will try to test some of these.
Anne Lyken-Garner on
November 5, 2009 9:39 am
Very useful article. I hope you don't mind me putting up a link to it on my newest writing blog. This will be helpful to my readers.
Weightlosswise on
November 5, 2009 10:10 am
wow ! more than 4 cool methods to for promoting blog. Though i think facebook promotion method is not for all types of blogs and it rarely works with all.
Traffic-Bug.com on
November 5, 2009 10:17 am
Comprehensive post! You could also plug in the url of your blog and blog posts and have it social bookmarked via traffic bug.
Tinh on
November 5, 2009 12:16 pm
Excellent list, I have just tried several of them and hope to get positive result soon
Website protection on
November 5, 2009 12:16 pm
I don't own a blog but website.I think i could use 90% of your tips on my website also.Although its for promoting blogs there are some pretty interesting things i can apply to my daily routine for for my website
GetFreePublicity on
November 5, 2009 12:38 pm
Since I am relatively new to blogging this list will be a great help. I found it very interesting and informative.
Ahmad Barirani on
November 5, 2009 1:04 pm
Excellent article. Thanks for the wonderful work. This would be a great checklist of things to do for bloggers.
Sandy Jones on
November 5, 2009 4:39 pm
All I can say is wow. I will start my first blog boot camp on Sunday with Hollis Gillespie in Atlanta, and I will definitely bring this list to her attention. So much to learn…so it is time to do it! Such a comprehensive list is fabulous, and so well organized.
Thank you for all of your good advice and I'll let you know how it goes. Will sign up for your daily dose of wisdom.
Paula from Affiliate Blog Online on
November 6, 2009 6:11 am
I love #22…without action you will never make a sucess of your blog. It is the key to everything in blogging.
Robert Phillips on
November 6, 2009 8:26 am
David I like your post "101 Ways to Promote a New Blogâ€. The list which you mentioned here in the post is really incredible. Although, I know some the tactics to promote a new blog but, there are some important tactics which you mentioned that I have never seen anywhere in the internet. I am in process of making a new blog; I will implement your ideas once it is finished. Anyway thank you very much.
Oliver on
November 6, 2009 12:59 pm
An excellent and very useful list, which will be very useful for me as I'm fairly new to blogging. I will have to bookmark this list for reference. Thanks for compiling such a comprehensive list.
Reg on
November 7, 2009 10:32 am
Thank you very much. Very helpful for a new blog like mine.
g3niuz on
November 7, 2009 10:36 am
this article is really great…
was a pleasure to read ;D
Gastrogossip on
November 9, 2009 7:51 am
What an awesome post, loads of great suggestions. Thanks for sharing. Will definitely try some out for my blog
munawar am on
November 10, 2009 4:04 am
Complete Ways.
Need more time to complete the action almost 101 days or more
make money online ebook on
November 10, 2009 9:54 am
This is indeed a great list of ideas for promoting a new blog, sometimes we get so caught up on pinging technorati or commenting on blogs we forget there are other ways of marketing our sites. I especially like the idea of creating themes for bloggers. It can be a really good way of getting a backlink and also doing something that other bloggers will thank you for. There can never be enough themes for bloggers because we all have different ideas of what we like.
BlogrPro on
November 10, 2009 7:17 pm
Well, Blog carnivals site is not updated for more than 2 years and I wonder why the link appears here!
CNET Infosystem on
November 11, 2009 5:40 am
Nice 101 Ways to Promote a New Blog i really try to on my personal blog if i hope its promoted after using all this way if have any problem i will contact you bye leave reply thank for this tips.
Jeff Sabo on
November 12, 2009 11:34 am
These are all incredible ways to help promote a blog! Getting the word out about a blog is key and having different strategies to do so is also a big part to being a successful blogger!
With different types of social media out there on the Internet, utilizing those sites can be very key in promoting a blog. Being a blogger myself, I do send post links through Facebook and Twitter as a way get the word out about my blog. After doing the blog for about a month, I was a bit surprised when a couple of my friends told me they started bookmarking my blog and read it on a daily basis! I don't think that would have happened if I didn't utilize social media as part of my plan.
Blog Synergy - Guest Bloggers Heaven on
November 13, 2009 12:45 pm
A fantastic list, although I'd recommend guest blogging at any stage when growing your site, as it gets your site known in the community. You also get a chance to write about something you wouldn't normally write about on your blog by broadening your subject matter.
jeney andreson on
November 15, 2009 4:41 pm
Nice content it would be helpfull for me .I am impressed your website . Its layout is very attractive .Thanks and keep on working.
the_guv on
December 2, 2009 7:07 am
1 thing though, because my last comment wasn't very helpful
Not All-in-One .. Headspace is much better.
..has given great SEO for my 25-part Ubuntu setup Bible, for example, resulting in a top Digg/Tech spot.
..and yes, that was a little shameless!
Rick on
December 6, 2009 4:55 am
101 Ways to Promote a New Blogâ€. The list which you mentioned here in the post is really incredible. Although, I know some the tactics to promote a new blog but, there are some important.
UK Services on
January 10, 2010 4:12 pm
Excellent resource in itself. Bookmarked and favourited for when I have time to go through it Like a lot of people I'm suffering from information overload these days Posts like these need to come with a spare brain to help absorb it all.
Ben AItken (NTF) on
January 11, 2010 4:34 pm
Excellent post. I have stumbled this and will be coming back to read and re-read this post. I already do a lot of things on the list but equally I don't do a lot of things on the list! I will change that from now on….
Good work
Vickie Mayer on
January 12, 2010 12:31 am
Who knew there would be so much to learn when I decided to start blogging! I still have a long way to go; so I really appreciate your taking the time to put this list together. I found some really good ideas that I plan on putting to use! Vickie
capri on
January 12, 2010 1:03 pm
Awesome post. I have recently developed a blog and am really excited about it. I am trying to be as regular as possible in posting useful information. I have also been regularly finding some real stuff that will work to promote my blog. I guess after reading your article I am just going to follow it and see if it works. How to get people to guest post for my blog. Should I find blogs in direct niche or related industry? Please highlight.
Your Label on
January 18, 2010 4:55 am
Great article. Was really helpful, concise and informative.
I've already started to follow your steps.
Could you tell me in your opinion if opening a fan page and sending all of your friends invites and then posting links through that is an effective strategy?
You Label -http://yourlabel.blogspot.com
Sean Supplee on
January 21, 2010 8:32 pm
Thank you! I keep searching for a fresh new list with some unique ideas and yours has it. Putting them into action right now.
Blogger on
January 30, 2010 5:03 pm
This is an awesome post, Bookmarking it.
Jason Naas on
February 26, 2010 5:30 pm
Lots of great tips. Just getting a brand new blog going this morning, and I'll be implementing as many of your pointers as I can. Thanks! (#37 – Done!)
Dave Higgs on
March 21, 2010 4:46 am
Wow what an awesome list!
So much to do! Thanks David.
I think I'll post a link to it on my blog. This is info that needs to be shared!
Putra on
April 3, 2010 5:13 am
I don't want to waste more time to get another information. I am very delight to surf in your site. Just keep up the good job
Kalvin on
April 12, 2010 12:25 pm
Hey, this list is really giving me much benefits! Thanks a lot. Having no regret to read all this. Keep it up and great work!
Joe Ndzulo on
April 12, 2010 1:09 pm
Bravo David.
This is a great list through which I realised some simple actions could really help promote a blog such as tip #49 and # 50.
A times, the importance of giving the blog url (written or on a business card) is not felt at the moment but could turn to give meaningfull results…
Rinforsideweb on
April 14, 2010 10:18 pm
Thanks for the tips. I believe you have covered promoting a new blog comprehensively. I totally agree with you on spending more time on your blog to achieve more and better results in terms of traffic. I am a new blogger and I have been spending a lot of time on promoting my blog and this has proved to be very productive.
Naveen on
April 27, 2010 1:18 pm
Absolutely awesome information. I was just wondering how much information gathering might have happenned to publish such systematic and almost practical tips (though some of those are for more professional bloggers who have technical skills on web). Overall.Nice post.
Thanks David
ryan on
May 26, 2010 8:32 am
Stumble thumbs up.
Gotta say it's a great post.
While I already knew most of these there were a few I didn't know anything about. Of course that's par for the course with online marketing. Always new things to find, and old things you overlooked.
Thanks for the new tips.
Iulian Ionescu on
June 2, 2010 6:34 pm
Very cool post! Just one concern about publishing the blog posts in multiple places (like free article sites and so on). That has the potential of getting you flagged for duplicate content… Perhaps if wisely combined with an article spinning tool you could avoid that…
But overall very cool post, lots of good info!
Maya ada on
June 19, 2010 2:44 pm
I dont have words to appreciate your work. Its simply amazing that you summarized huge information in this place. I think these tips are more than enough to bring huge traffic to blogs. Thank you.
Romantically Impaired on
September 28, 2010 1:58 pm
Thanks for this list. I actually have been searching for a list of things to do in order to promote a couple of my blogs but without a whole lot of luck. It is quite difficult as we only have so much time in the day so thank you for compiling this list because I will be referring back to it a whole lot.


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"A lot of people don't understand my job when I try to explain to them what exactly I do," said Crowder. "It's me and another person and we travel across the nation, hop from town to town in a little red truck and we produce a full-scale musical productions that we bring to kids all over the world."
Cayce and her plus one traveled for 18 months and every week they would visit a new town, cast a new group of kids, and by the end of the seven days have a performance to show for their hard work.
"It's amazing what two people can do with a large group of kids in a week span," said Crowder. "We are the people that come into these towns and tell children that have never been told that they are good at something that they have talent, and that is a life changing experience for both us and the kids."
Although Crowder got to travel all over the country and see things that she never thought she would be able to, that wasn't the greatest part of her experience.
"My favorite part is going to places that don't have a theatre program and having so many kids interested," she said. "They have never been told that they are good at something like this, so when they are and they memorize their lines a smile never leaves their face."
Traveling without any friends or family by her side opened her eyes to the kind of person that she is and the direction that she wanted to continue her career in.
"Art has always been something that has been constant in my life," she Crowder. "I know that without theatre I would have never been able to get through my parent's divorce, past breakups, or any other junk that we all deal with."
Crowder said that traveling and introducing theatre to children across the nation has not only made her a better person, but has helped those kids find an outlet that they can turn to when their life isn't going as planned.
"My ultimate goal is to affect people in a positive way by using my talents," said Crowder. "My future goal is to be a star, an actor, doing what I love to do all while making other people smile."
For more information about the Missoula Children's Theatre visit www.mctinc.org/About_MCT.
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It was only about five years ago that James Cameron's Avatar changed the world's perspective on the cinematic experience and both IMAX and 3D. And while we've seen some marvelous titles take advantage of both formats in the time since, the reality is that the industry is now regularly looking for a way to stay fresh and innovative.
We've been hearing rumors about Star Wars: Episode VII possibly filming with IMAX cameras since September of last year, but only now has the format been 100% confirmed. And we're getting an early look at what is probably the planet Tatooine in the process.
Paramount Pictures is re-releasing Forrest Gump on September 5th, 2014. This will be a special engagement, only on IMAX screens, intended to
After years of flirting with the format in an on and off fashion, Universal and Legendary have signed an agreement to bring fifteen of their films to IMAX screens from 2015 to 2017. If you love muscle cars and dinosaurs on a larger than life screen, then Christmas has come early.
The past couple of months have been chock full of material promoting the new Godzilla movie, and today is no exception. Two clips and a poster had landed, and theyre just as impressive as the already formidable marketing weve already seen. But can it look good enough to make everyone forget that Godzilla movie? What lies within this link is probably the strongest argument yet that yes this is going to make everyone think that Godzilla movie never existed.
With a December 2015 release date, its full power on Lucasfilms first Disney-distributed effort. Youll get to see the relatives and descendants of Luke, Han, Leia and (hopefully) Chewbacca in the IMAX format next holiday season, a real treat for those who appreciate JJ Abrams widescreen vistas.
Alfonso Cuaron's beautiful and impressive epic Gravity has been making headlines ever since it debuted on the fall film festival circuit last year, but today it has yet another milestone to add to its incredible list of achievements.
Re-releases like this are always great because they can give people a chance to see titles that they may have missed during the first theatrical run, but Gravity is a special case. Even if you saw Gravity back when it was out in October, you should make a point of trying to see it again. After all, the material demands the screen size, and in the future IMAX screenings will be much less available. Take the opportunity when it presents itself.
Ever since The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan has been seen as a hardcore advocate of IMAX technology - particularly over the widespread use of 3D. Because of the filmmaker's prior usage of IMAX cameras on both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, it was no surprise when it was announced that he would once again be using the larger format film making his latest project, the sci-fi epic Interstellar.
With the 3D trend visibly dying out, movie theaters and studios are looking for even more ways to get people to actually leave their houses to go to the movies, and thus far the hippest new thing is IMAX. The large format that used to be limited to planetariums has been used to dazzling effect in films like The Dark Knight Rises and the upcoming Gravity, and more and more filmmakers are adopting it to make their big-budget spectacles all the more spectacular. Will J.J. Abrams be the next to jump on board?
IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions announced in a release that Brad Pitts global zombie apocalypse thriller has been digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format, and will be released into select IMAX theaters domestically for a one-week engagement beginning Aug. 2.
It seems almost a given for big budget action-adventures, but Summit Entertainment makes it official with a new please release: Divergent will hit theaters in IMAX next spring. IMAX Corporation will digitally re-master the finished film and give its audio a mix befitting of The IMAX Experience®, making the movie even more spectacular for those willing to pay a little extra.
Neill Blomkamp's Elysium has promise to be one of the biggest sci-fi adventures of the summer. The South African writer/director blew us all away with his 2009 debut, the Academy Award nominated District 9, and it appears that he has actually upped the ante for his sophomore effort. Not only does the movie feature big name stars like Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, the story itself plays out on an epic scale...
You just need $2 million, and a house big enough to fit the equipment, which includes a 20-foot wide curved screen that goes floor to ceiling. The system is similar to the two-projector set-up in their full-scale theaters around the world, and its 3D-capable.
There are movie moments that we experience as kids that stick with us forever. The slow pan across Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is one of them. And the sight of Dorothy stepping out of her black-and-white home and into the colorful world of Oz is another. Done right, a movie can capture the wonder and beauty of the imagination with awe-inspiring grace, creating a visual that allows a child - and kids at heart - to believe in magic, if only at the movies.
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Avalanche Studios was founded over ten years ago out of passion for open world gaming. But for me it actually started back in 1984 when playing Ian Bell's and David Braben's classic game Elite for the BBC Micro Model B. I was astonished by the way they could create a whole universe with 8000 unique planets that you could travel freely between, on a machine with just 32KB of memory and with a CPU running at 2 MHz. It was a completely different experience from all of the platform games and sidescrollers of the time. Mesmerizing.
My two brothers and I built a spaceship cockpit in a closet at home using old discarded machinery that our dad brought home for us from the university at which he was a professor. In the center sat the BBC and a joystick. Being the oldest brother, I was obviously the highest in rank, and in charge of the joystick, while my brothers were commanded to sit with a finger on the countermeasure keys, ready to EMP any incoming enemy missiles, or in worst case, activate the escape pod. Pressing too late often meant instant deportation to the vacuum of space -- the bedroom outside the closet. Luckily for me, that harsh penalty didn't kill their passion for open world games, and we eventually started experimenting in making our own.
We soon discovered fractals and how procedural techniques could be used to achieve experiences far greater than the typically perceived constraints of the hardware would allow -- just like Braben and Bell had done several years earlier. Living in the countryside in the north of Sweden, our interest became trying to replicate the landscape outside of our windows using these techniques. Many years (and much coding) later, a procedural landscape demo attracted the interest of an Eidos producer, and the Just Cause franchise was born.
Fundamental to the gameplay of the Just Cause series is the ability to move freely in an enormous world. Long draw distances are vital for the Just Cause experience, since the player's progression and motivation is much guided by visual input. We wanted the player to see things in the horizon and become interested to find out what hides behind that distant mountain range or on that remote island. The Avalanche Engine is developed from the ground up to cater to sandbox gameplay in huge open worlds with large draw distances.
There are many technologies required to achieve this, making it very difficult to retrofit open-world functionality to existing game engines. This article will describe one of those techniques, namely terrain rendering. More specifically it will describe how the terrain mesh is generated in the Just Cause games, and how we were able to draw a 32 by 32 kilometer world with full draw distance. It will describe our geo-morphing technique that made the long draw distance possible while at the same time eliminating level-of-detail "popping." It will also describe the resource management techniques and data compression required to efficiently stream and recreate the large amount of data required to generate the terrain meshes.
The goals for designing the terrain system in the Avalanche Engine were:
Memory efficiency. The original Just Cause was released on PlayStation 2, so we knew that we had to have a very tight memory representation to make a world of that size fit. Data compression and procedural techniques would be required.
High performance. There are a lot of things to render in an open world game so the terrain system cannot consume much of the available processing power. We knew that static vertex buffers would have to be used to achieve this, which ruled out some terrain rendering techniques.
High visual fidelity. Meant high resolution, no level-of-detail popping," large draw distance, etc. Again, especially considering the other two goals, procedural techniques would be crucial to accomplish this.
A typical Just Cause 2 vista
The same scene in wireframe. Note the increased resolution at the shorelines and other complex regions.
|Mark DeLoura
This was a great article, thanks!
|Linus Blomberg
Glad you liked it!
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|Chris Birke
I second Mark's opinion, and I especially liked the bit on storing the x/z z/x pair.
|Ferruccio Cinquemani
I didn't understand most of it and still liked it. :)
|Nick Harris
I very much enjoyed Just Cause 2 and found this article to be invaluable, despite only understanding about half of it. Hopefully, when I eventually come to program my own terrain generation system I won't face the same awkward memory and DVD seek speed constraints that you overcame. I too was amazed by Elite's enormous scope back in '84, but in truth I found it to be too hard and lacking in the ability to colonize other star systems: whether it be building a moonbase, or a home inside an asteroid, or a city on a planet with an atmosphere. Orbiting space stations weren't enough for me and I quickly became frustrated that I couldn't walk around in them, shopping for cheap parts to fix my ship up with. It had Commerce and Combat, but the addition of Colonization would lead to both Culture (Colonization via Commerce) and Conquest (Colonisation via Combat). Anyway, not bad for 20KB.
Indeed, the game that inspired me at this time was Paul Woakes' Mercenary a year later in which you crash land on a planet and then have a number of adventures within that city as you seek a way to escape. This type of open world gameplay was new to me back then and may well have invented the genre - certainly, more so than Grand Theft Auto. The later sequel Damocles had you flying from planet to planet within a star system, giving a sense of enormous empowerment. This predates Frontier: Elite II by several years, which struck me as being too big, dry and purposeless. Flavien Brebion's Infinity (The Quest for Earth) is technically impressive - but ultimately as cold and detached as Space Engine or the Universe Sandbox. At times EVE Online veers too close to being as boring as a spreadsheet with a fancy sit-back-and-watch screensaver attached. The launch of Dust 514 for the PS3 just highlights the lack of cohesion in the game - you really ought to be able to land on a planet in your own ship rather than delegate the fun to some mercs and pay for the priviledge in the process. For a long time space games were out of vogue and it is interesting to see so many get funded through recent Kickstarter appeals, including Elite: Dangerous - which, in later versions, promises to let you land on planets.
However, as someone keen on this genre and finding nothing in the market since the release of Damocles, my yearnings for an adventure game set as much on the surfaces of astral bodies and inside spacecraft as much as between the stars drove me to work on the tools I thought I would need if I were to attempt to write such a big game by myself. Suffice to say I have put decades of research into boosting my productivity. C++ horrifies me: such an awful mish-mash of poorly concieved features wrapped in an error-prone syntax. Substantial use will need to be made of both kitbashing (assembling complex models from phasing the geometry of "prefabs") and the procedural generation of those prefabs. Miguel Cepero's work Procedural World looks a lot better than I need my game 'Universe' to look. Indeed, I would happily accept the rudimentary charm of Damocles if that was all I could manage, after all there are a lot of other aspects to the game that I think are more important than its presentation... I don't like this modern trend of squandering computational resources on special effects that have no impact on gameplay, whilst physics and AI get short-shrift again.
So, finally I wend my way around to my question. How would I apply a terrain solution like yours that depends on square tiles to a spherical planet? I don't think Latitude and Longitude will work as that will stretch stuff too much and result in awkward triangles at the poles. An isocahedron-sphere is nice, but relies on triangles. Is a (bloated) spherified cube the correct approach? What happens to the horizon? Will it appear to curve with more altitude? Should I trust my instincts and just use polar coordinates and a heightmap centred on the core of the planet? Any advice or pointers to research papers would be appreciated. I'd like to read up on this subject now whilst I'm implementing my programming language.
|Robert Schmidt
Reminds me of Thatcher Ulrich's work with Chunked LOD. I was hoping someone would implement something like that. I was never a fan of ambient occlusion. The first open world game I played was Operation Flashpoint and I was a bit disappointed that I could only see about 1km. I wanted to see to the horizon. I'll have to get your game to check it out. Now, could you create something like this for Unity?
|Ian Stitzlein
I am curious how you handled shooting at entities further away on the terrain mesh. Did they exist on the top mesh, a sub mesh, ect? It would seem that it would be possible for the terrain to transition from one mesh to another, possibly causing a shot to miss, ect.


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A New Golden Cinema Age of Hard Science Fiction?
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I'm dying to see 'Gravity' but the damn thing doesn't open for another two weeks so I'm trying to avoid as many spoilers as possible.
I think science fiction is going through a resurgence just now across the range from space opera stuff to that which has a less fantastical and more technical edge. I'm a fan of 'Children of Men', 'Looper', 'Moon' etc and while I'd agree 'Oblivion' is less than the sum of it's parts it one of the most beautiful looking films of the year.
'Source Code' and also 'The Adjustment Bureau' I like but the former is a skoosh on the silly side sometimes, though I guess so is the latter............still both hugely entertaining though.
The only 'new' director just now I'm not jumping on the bandwagon of is Neil Blomkamp. 'Elysium' is actually about the worst film I've seen this year and I'm not big on 'District 9'. Both lack subtlety and nuance which I wouldn't mind if the perception didn't seem to be they were. Or maybe it's just me reacting badly to them. Either way, just now I don't rate him very highly.
I think there were fewer films like that in the 90's and 00's though. There were sci fi films made which are very good ('Twelve Monkeys', 'Contact' etc) though.
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Former Closeted Gay Stephanie Miller Spreads Rumor of Rick Perry as Closeted Gay
... But that's OK because Miller is a liberal radio talker and Perry is a conservative governor. Hence, whatever it takes to demean Perry is justified, even if Miller loses her honor in the process.
Miller, you may recall, told her listeners in August 2010 that she's a lesbian. Having made this particular leap, Miller apparently wants Republican politicians she suspects of being gay to come out of the closet as well, regardless of whether they are so inclined.
Here's a clip of Miller and two of her coat catchers taking part in a sotte voce whispering campaign designed to knock Perry down a peg just in case he jumps into the presidential race and poses a threat to Dear Leader (audio clip below page break, courtesy of The Radio Equalizer) --
MILLER: Is he (Rush Limbaugh) making fun of people's looks?
CHRIS LAVOIE: Looks, yes. Rush Limbaugh of all people.
MILLER: Who better suited to do that? Okay, wow! I'm not really sure that that was sexist or just mean. I don't ...
LAVOIE: All of the above!
MILLER: All right. Hmm.
WARD: And how does that relate to Rick Perry? I don't, what, huh?
LAVOIE: He's (Limbaugh) claiming that liberals are all saying that Rick Perry looks like an alien.
WARD: I've never heard that.
LAVOIE: I've never heard that either. He's pulling ...
MILLER: If he (Perry) turns out to be gay, Rush won't (be?) big friends with him.
LAVOIE: Noted homosexual Rick Perry.
MILLER: No! We don't know that for sure yet, Politico.
... Politico having run a story on possible "re-airing" of unsubstantiated rumors about Perry as gay, making it fair game to Miller. One wonders if it would have been before last August.
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let me get this straight, she
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:15pm.
let me get this straight, she wants to make Perry into a queer like her, so we will dislike him too..
got to love the logic of the D's and liberals.
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Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:42pm.
loves company. Even if the company has to be dragged kicking and screaming.......
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The stupid, it hurts: MILLER:
Submitted by mustango on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 4:08pm.
The stupid, it hurts:
MILLER: If he (Perry) turns out to be gay, Rush won't (be?) big friends with him.
Are we talking about the same Rush who had Elton John perform at his wedding?
This is what they think of us. We're not even human, to them.
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Thought they believed in "privacy"
Submitted by LSBeene on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:33pm.
Liberals will spout and bloviate about the right to privacy vis a vis abortion - but come time for dirt to be slung - well, gee, self-justification and ideology are just so at odds huh?
Besides, they use gay as a SMEAR, instead of "wow, this guy is an 'in the closet gay', so, he'll secretly support our platform" - IF that was the case, they'd be all real quiet and not make an issue, nor would it be reported as to his sex life.
Personally I'd be disappointed, only becuase I disagree with homosexuality - but, that said - let's state what's REALLY GOING ON HERE: (IMO) - he's a conservative, and a person who might run against their annointed one - so he must be smeared.
I wonder - if BHO had "experimented" with guys in college - and now he's projecting the whole "wholesome family man" thing - and has not been particularly vocal in supporting gay rights: would the press feel the need to spread such a smear?
Does that really need to be asked?
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Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:33pm.
Come on, really? That's the best they can do?
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Submitted by Maytag on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:44pm.
How's Bambi's limo driver??
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I have one thing in common with Miller...she can't be all bad.
Submitted by thescoots on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:44pm.
since I am a lesbian trapped in man's body....and she is a lesbian trapped in a lesbian's body....well...you get the idea.
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These carpet munchers.....
Submitted by nonncom on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:45pm.
do they like, start out with throw rugs?.....
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Greetings and Salutations
Submitted by SLUGGO on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:49pm.
A gay republican candidate could quite possibly steal a whole lot of votes from democrats.
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Okay, now this is unsubstantiated ...
Submitted by IgnatzJFahrquar on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:01pm.
but I heard from a friend of my cousin's husband that Gov. Perry was thought to at one time, during his early elementary school days, have had cooties.
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Perry is pro-amnesty. If the
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:13pm.
Perry is pro-amnesty. If the MSM understood the GOP primary voters, they would use that to attack Perry.
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Big deal steph!, Hillary and
Submitted by reddog339 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:32pm.
Big deal steph!, Hillary and pals were in the White House years ago.
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Big deal steph!, Hillary and
Submitted by reddog339 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:33pm.
Big deal steph!, Hillary and pals were in the White House years ago.
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nice cut by the lib talkers
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 5:04pm.
Rush was speaking bout the Morning Joe when after the Perry speech Mika said" Perry makes her feel alien" not looks at all but why expect truth from these losers no one has ever heard of
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Out of the closet
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 5:18pm.
Certainly Stephanie Miller is aware there is a direct allegation from Larry Sinclair that Obama had gay sex with Sinclair.
Well, at least it's not a rumor, huh Stephanie.
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There are at least two others
Submitted by Tenebrous on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 6:06pm.
And they were both brought about by Jeremiah Wright's church, where a clandestine homosexual dating service was set up to connect gay members of the church. Here's one.
Visions and Principles blog
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She just spread her legs for
Submitted by fatboy on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 9:14pm.
She just spread her legs for every water-carrying male and female liberal to "do" her. I hope she feels it was worth it b/c she's got nothing left.
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Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 9:16pm.
Really? What is it with being crude on this site?
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Good grief,
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 9:26pm.
How about we pretend were an adult, and leave the libtard talk at kos
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The Peyton Manning sweepstakes is going to be utter madness. No matter his health situation, 20 some teams are going to go all out to convince Manning why he should come to their city and set up shop.
Teams like Philadelphia and San Fransisco are going to offer Peyton a chance to play for a perennial contender. Arizona is going to point to what Kurt Warner did with Larry Fitzgerald as well as the weather. Miami is going to ask Peyton, "If it was good for LeBron, shouldn't it be good for you?" The list goes on and on.
But what, you ask yourself, does our beloved Chiefs have to offer? And at a glance, it would appear "not as much as others". The team has been in flux for 5 years now. 3 head coaches, massive turnover on the roster, inconsistent play. You may say "But that young core is outstanding!!" Maybe. I think they are, but the proof isn't there to a casual observer. Losing by 27+ points five times in one season may cloud the issue in Peyton's mind.
There's the bar-b-que. Of course in order to feast Peyton would have to give up 8 home games in a dome for the first time in his pro career.
But KC does have something that virtually no other team has in the NFL.
An open Offensive Coordinator spot.I know that the comment "Manning for OC" has been jokingly bandied around this site multiple times. But what if it wasn't a joke? What if Pioli/Hunt offered to make Peyton Manning the co-Offensive Coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs?
Think of it. Offer to let Manning have full input on who was his co-OC on the sidelines that worked with him. Give Peyton the full control that a standard offensive coordinator would have. Let him have input on free agency and the draft. If he can't play because of health issues, so what? He'd be part of the staff until he was healthy enough to get on the field. Give him assurances that when he retires, he could take over the position full time.
Then take all that cap money to raid the free agents from Indy that he would want on his new offense.
Let's be honest. I love KC. You love KC. But Kansas City has been a backwater for the NFL for a looooonnnngggg time. Convincing Peyton Manning that his new home should be Arrowhead is going to take creative thinking. And this is about as creative as a team could get.
Manning would come onto a team with an established defensive coach that has been around the block and would not feel threatened. Crennel would have his OC. KC would have its QB. And Manning would have his introduction into the NFL coaching world. Is there any doubt that's where he's going after his career is over?
If it didn't work, so what. Swing for the fences. Landing Manning as a QB/OC would immediately catapult KC into the NFL's upper echlon in terms of media coverage. Prime time games would be guranteed. Even if Manning didn't get on the field the NFL and its fans would want to see if a player/coach could actually work.
The move would be dissected ad nauseum for years by every sports news agency there is. And ultimately, isn't that what Clark Hunt wants? His team in the national media, discussed, dissected and generating revenue along with that interest? Win for the business side.
And if the football side worked...
What say you AP? Crazy talk?


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A local teen who community blogger Monica Murphy recently met was viciously bullied in school. However, through her self-determination and resilience, she was able to identify as a survivor instead of as a victim.
Community blogger Monica Murphy went straight from Ghana, where she taught English and did social work, to New York City, where she interned for a bestselling author. This is what she learned.
Monica Murphy, who is teaching and doing social work in Ghana, Africa, shared the story of two young girls who are fighting to be educated and achieve their dreams despite circumstances that don't make either easy. They're their biggest cheerleaders – are you?


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CASTLE ROCK - The body of a woman was found Thursday inside an impounded car in Castle Rock. The car has been impounded since December, police said.
Officers were intially called to Westside Towing, 1080 Atchison Way, on a report that a woman was sleeping in the car.
Police found a deceased woman in the back seat.
The cause of the woman's death is under investigation. She has not been identified.
Police said there is no threat to the community.
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