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Pink Rooster Farm Greenhouse held their grand opening on Saturday and had a very good day, as they sold over one quarter of their plants they had to sell. They have already placed another order and it should be here on Thursday of this week. The Akron Chamber of Commerce also held a ribbon cutting for the Pink Rooster that morning. Jim and Amy Miller are the owners of Pink Rooster and decided to get into this business, because as Amy said, "We both have a bad gardening habit." The Millers moved to Akron in November of 2009 after they retired. Amy worked for Lockheed-Martin and Jim worked for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. When they retired they were living in Parker and decided they wanted out of the metro area. Amy's brother lives in Woodrow and the couple decided they wanted to be closer to family. When they were looking for a place to buy, they checked out the Ward place. They loved the house and the place also didn't have a lot of acreage, which was another selling point. When asked why their business was named Pink Rooster, Jim said, "Oleta Ward loved the color pink and ceramic chickens. When the kids found a pink rooster, they immediately though that was a good name for the business." When they decided they wanted to have a greenhouse, the Millers spoke to the owner of Welby Farms and he worked with them for several days, advising them on what people in this area might want. The Millers are especially appreciative of his help and the time he devoted to them, as he has 400-500 greenhouses himself.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 413
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|United Nations Security Council Resolution 413 (1977)
Adopted at the 2025th meeting by consensus, on 20 July 1977.
The Security Council,
Having examined the application of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam[1] for admission to the United Nations,
Recommends to the General Assembly that the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam be admitted to membership in the United Nations.
1. ^ Ibid., Thirty-first Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1976, document S/12183.
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Auto racing is one of the most watched televised sports in the world. There are many different forms of racing and the two most popular organizations are Formula One and NASCAR. In order to be a great race car driver, one needs to display stamina, strength, precision, and a strict knowledge for how a car reacts at fast speeds. Professional driving is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and athletes have to be highly skilled to compete at the top level. Professionals are usually paid well, and the richest contract in the history of auto racing belongs to Kimi Räikkönen, who signed a three-year deal with Ferrari in 2007 worth $153 million ($2,942,307 per race).
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Jimmie Johnson is widely regarded as the best driver in the world. He currently competes in NASCAR, and drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. In 2006, Johnson won his first Sprint Cup Series Championship and then continued to take the honor over the next four years. Between the years of 2002 and 2011, Johnson scored 55 wins and 230 Top 10 finishes.
In 2009, Johnson was named the AP Male Athlete of the Year. He is known for being a fierce competitor who can maneuver a car with ease. In 2011, Johnson struggled toward the end of the season, and finished the Sprint Cup Championship in sixth place. After the Daytona 500, Jimmie got off to a strong start in 2012 and will compete for another title.
The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC) is awarded to the most successful driver in the Formula One season. Similar to NASCAR, the honor is determined by a points system. For the past two years, the WDC has been won by a German man named Sebastian Vettel. Vettel is sponsored by Red Bull Racing, and is the youngest driver to ever win the Formula One Championship. At the age of 24, he holds a large number of records in Formula One. In 2012, Vettel has begun to receive comparisons to the great driver Michael Schumacher. In February 2012, he was given the highest sports honor in Germany, the Silver Bay Laurel Leaf.


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Many of my clients have pibbles, and I've found them to be funny, engaging and devoted family members. They tend to be bright and quick and do very well in class, or in at-home lessons.
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There are 12 Assisted Living Facilities in San Jose, CA and 28 Assisted Living Facilities nearby. The average cost of Assisted Living in San Jose, CA is $4,000 per month.
San Jose Assisted Living Facilities
Carlton Plaza of San JoseReview Average: 4.0(2 reviews)
Merrill Gardens at Willow GlenReview Average: 1.0(1 review)
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Regency of Evergreen ValleyReview Average: 1.0(1 review)
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Merrill Gardens at CampbellReview Average: 4.0(1 review)
The recently built apartment-style senior living community at Merrill Gardens at Campbell offers several senior living options including independent, Alzheimer's and memory care, or assisted living.Campbell, CA 95008 Distance: 4.6 miAssisted Living, Independent Living, Memory Care, Retirement Communities
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Senior living you can take pride in awaits seniors at The Terraces at Los Altos, a brand-new community that creates truly inspired retirement living in Los Altos.Los Altos, CA 94022 Distance: 14.4 miAssisted Living, Continuing Care, Independent Living, Memory Care, Nursing Homes, Retirement Communities
Sunrise of Palo AltoReview Average: 5.0(1 review)
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Acacia CreekReview Average: 5.0(1 review)
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Woodside TerraceReview Average: 5.0(1 review)
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Atria Hillsdale
An inviting assisted living and memory care community only 20 minutes from San Francisco, Atria Hillsdale offers convenient access to a variety of local amenities and services.
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Sunrise of San MateoReview Average: 4.0(1 review)
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The charming ambiance of Atria Burlingame makes everyone who steps foot in our charming senior living community feel right at home.
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Atria Daly City
Atria Daly City is a unique senior living community offering outstanding care and support in comfortable and affordable surroundings.
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Edmondson Living CenterSan Jose, CA 95128Assisted Living, Memory Care, Respite Care
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LifeHOUSE San Jose1.0 Review Average (1 review)San Jose, CA 95116Assisted Living, Independent Living, Memory Care, Retirement Communities
Lincoln Glen Manor & Nursing FacilitySan Jose, CA 95125Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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Information About Assisted Living in San Jose
San Jose is the largest city in Northern California, and a major city in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is also the unofficial "Capital of Silicon Valley" and has become the center of booming local technology.
Its size and name aren't the only attractions which have drawn residents over the last three decades, for within the city there are numerous areas of interest that will surely entertain even the most active resident of assisted living in San Jose.
With almost year-round sunshine, the climate is perfect for touring the many parks and museums that have been inspired by the diverse culture in San Jose. The annual San Jose International Auto Show, not to mention the many cultural feasts and festivals, will certainly make San Jose an ideal choice for any senior.
San Jose Recreation
Seniors who choose assisted living in San Jose will especially enjoy shopping at the famous San Jose Flea Market on Fridays from early May until December at the Downtown Farmers Market in San Pedro Square. For family outings or picnics, residents may visit Emma Prusch Farm Park, San José Municipal Rose Garden and Kelley Park. San Jose is also the home of Winchester Mystery House and Lick Observatory.
San Jose Activities
Those who reside in communities of assisted living in San Jose can participate in many exciting cultural exchanges at the Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican and Indian festivals, which occur frequently throughout the year.
The Plaza de César Chávez holds outdoor concerts and a Christmas in the Park display, and every year there is the San Jose Jazz Festival in downtown San Jose.
For the geeky residents of assisted living facilities, SeniorNet offers membership in a community of computer-users, with San Jose venues at the Almaden Community Center, Cypress Senior Center and Willows Senior Center.
San Jose Medical Facilities
Seniors enjoying assisted living in San Jose have access to a wide range of medical services. The San Jose Medical Group has been caring for the locals around the South, Central and East San Jose for over 50 years, and John Muir Health, although relatively new, is actually two merged institutions that have offered first-class and extensive aid to seniors for decades. Stanford Hospital and Clinics is currently recognized as one of "America's Best Hospitals" and specializes in the treatment of rare and complex disorders, most notably cardiac care.
San Jose Transportation
Residents of senior living facilities will find San Jose to be a friendly place for them. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) operates many bus routes in San Jose and the surrounding communities, as well as the local light-rail system connecting downtown to Mountain View, Milpitas, Campbell and Almaden Valley. But most importantly, VTA offers paratransit services for seniors with limited mobility or bus access. Occasionally, historic streetcars from History Park run on the light rail lines in the downtown area.
Cost of Assisted Living in San Jose
San Jose is one of the most expensive areas to live in California and the cost of assisted living in this city is no exception. Depending on the size of facility, amenities chosen and precise location, monthly fees for a private, one-bedroom assisted living unit run as little as $2,150 or as much as $9,500. The median price for assisted living in San Jose is $3,750.*
Find Assisted Living in San Jose
With all the entertainment and convenience the city can bring, assisted living in San Jose is sure to bring new excitement into your loved one's life. Find more information on our San Jose Assisted Living page.
*Genworth Financial 2011 Cost of Care Survey.
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San Jose, CA Assisted Living Costs
The median cost of Assisted Living in San Jose is $4,000 per month. Assisted Living costs range from $2,400 to $6,588 depending on location and other factors.
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Most assisted living communities in California charge a monthly fee that covers room, board, daily services and accommodations. Residents pay for assisted living care using personal savings and resources, but may take advantage of long-term care insurance, life insurance or annuities to help shoulder the cost.
Because California assisted living facilities are considered non-medical, Medicare and Medi-Cal provide only limited support. But as of March 01, 2009 the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare services renewed the Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) that will provide benefits to seniors who are both Medi-Cal and nursing home eligible. ALW will extend Medi-Cal benefits to qualified seniors living in assisted care in the counties of Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Fresno, San Bernardino and Riverside.View San Jose Assisted Living Facilities
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The South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade had thousands lined up on Western Avenue from 103rd to 115th streets enjoying the parade and the perfect weather. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times
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Mary Hendry was there at the beginning, in 1979, when the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade was nothing more than kids marching around their Morgan Park neighborhood.
It was the brainchild of her husband, George, and his good friend, Pat Coakley, who were pining for the days of old, when 79th Street was home to the original South Side Irish Parade. The kids, who became known as the "Wee Folks of Washtenaw and Talman," had a post-parade feast of pop and Twinkies in the Hendrys' garage.
That event had, more recently, morphed into a spectacle drawing some 300,000 people to the Southwest Side's 19th Ward. And it had become, in the words of that ward's alderman, "a sometimes lawless event fueled by public drunkenness."
Put in mothballs after the 2009 installment, the parade was allowed to be resurrected this year only after organizers vowed to clamp down on loud-mouthed rowdies and enforce a zero-tolerance policy for open alcohol containers along the Western Avenue parade route.
Hendry said after Sunday's parade that the atmosphere this year reminded her of the parade's early days, when the focus was celebrating "faith, family and community."
"Maybe the little hiatus helped people understand it's for family and children, not drinking and revelry," she said.
Parade organizers estimated this year's crowd at 150,000, and Chicago Police reported no arrests were made, compared to the 54 at the 2009 parade.
Chicago Police maintained a significant presence and several parade marshals wearing white windbreakers walked the route. Parade organizers paid $80,000 to hire a private security firm, which deployed yellow-jacketed staff along side streets leading to Western Avenue to check for illicit beverages.
In a statement, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel congratulated parade organizers for helping to "create a respectful and family-friendly South Side Irish parade."
This year's parade began on a solemn note, with family and friends of the late Marine Cpl. Conner Lowry leading marchers.
Lowry, of Beverly, died in Afghanistan on March 1 during combat operations, four months before he was due to be discharged.
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The recent access to a large set of genome sequences, combined with a robust evolutionary scenario of modern monocot (i.e. grasses) and eudicot (i.e. rosids) species from their founder ancestors, offered the opportunity to gain insights into disease resistance genes (R-genes) evolutionary plasticity.Results
We unravel in the current article (i) a R-genes repertoire consisting in 7883 for monocots and 15758 for eudicots, (ii) a contrasted R-genes conservation with 23.8% for monocots and 6.6% for dicots, (iii) a minimal ancestral founder pool of 384 R-genes for the monocots and 150 R-genes for the eudicots, (iv) a general pattern of organization in clusters accounting for more than 60% of mapped R-genes, (v) a biased deletion of ancestral duplicated R-genes between paralogous blocks possibly compensated by clusterization, (vi) a bias in R-gene clusterization where Leucine-Rich Repeats acts as a 'glue' for domain association, (vii) a R-genes/miRNAs interome enriched toward duplicated R-genes..Conclusions
Together, our data may suggest that R-genes family plasticity operated during plant evolution (i) at the structural level through massive duplicates loss counterbalanced by massive clusterization following polyploidization; as well as at (ii) the regulation level through microRNA/R-gene interactions acting as a possible source of functional diploidization of structurally retained R-genes duplicates. Such evolutionary shuffling events leaded to CNVs (i.e. Copy Number Variation) and PAVs (i.e. Presence Absence Variation) between related species operating in the decay of R-genes colinearity between plant species.
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) establishes a beneficial symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The formation of the mycorrhizal association in the roots leads to plant-wide modulation of gene expression. To understand the systemic effect of the fungal symbiosis on the tomato fruit, we used RNA-Seq to perform global transcriptome profiling on Moneymaker tomato fruits at the turning ripening stage.
Fruits were collected at 55 days after flowering, from plants colonized with Funneliformis mosseae and from control plants, which were fertilized to avoid responses related to nutrient deficiency. Transcriptome analysis identified 712 genes that are differentially expressed in fruits from mycorrhizal and control plants. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of these genes showed 81 overrepresented functional GO classes. Up-regulated GO classes include photosynthesis, stress response, transport, amino acid synthesis and carbohydrate metabolism functions, suggesting a general impact of fungal symbiosis on primary metabolisms and, particularly, on mineral nutrition. Down-regulated GO classes include cell wall, metabolism and ethylene response pathways. Quantitative RT-PCR validated the RNA-Seq results for 12 genes out of 14 when tested at three fruit ripening stages, mature green, breaker and turning. Quantification of fruit nutraceutical and mineral contents produced values consistent with the expression changes observed by RNA-Seq analysis.
This RNA-Seq profiling produced a novel data set that explores the intersection of mycorrhization and fruit development. We found that the fruits of mycorrhizal plants show two transcriptomic "signatures": genes characteristic of a climacteric fleshy fruit, and genes characteristic of mycorrhizal status, like phosphate and sulphate transporters. Moreover, mycorrhizal plants under low nutrient conditions produce fruits with a nutrient content similar to those from non-mycorrhizal plants under high nutrient conditions, indicating that AM fungi can help replace exogenous fertilizer for fruit crops.
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Oil palm is an important perennial oil crop with an extremely long selection cycle of 10 to 12 years. As such, any tool that speeds up its genetic improvement process, such as marker-assisted breeding is invaluable. Previously, genetic linkage maps based on AFLP, RFLP and SSR markers were developed and QTLs for fatty acid composition and yield components identified. High density genetic maps of crosses of different genetic backgrounds are indispensable tools for investigating oil palm genetics. They are also useful for comparative mapping analyses to identify markers closely linked to traits of interest.Results
A 4.5 K customized oil palm SNP array was developed using the Illumina Infinium platform. The SNPs and 252 SSRs were genotyped on two mapping populations, an intraspecific cross with 87 palms and an interspecific cross with 108 palms. Parental maps with 16 (LGs) linkage groups were constructed for the three fruit forms of E. guineensis (dura, pisifera and tenera). Map resolution was further increased by integrating the dura and pisifera maps into an intraspecific integrated map with 1,331 markers spanning 1,867 cM. We also report the first map of a Colombian E. oleifera, comprising 10 LGs with 65 markers spanning 471 cM. Although not very dense due to the high level of homozygosity in E. oleifera, the LGs were successfully integrated with the LGs of the tenera map. Direct comparison between the parental maps identified 603 transferable markers polymorphic in at least two of the parents. Further analysis revealed a high degree of marker transferability covering 1,075 cM, between the intra- and interspecific integrated maps. The interspecific cross displayed higher segregation distortion than the intraspecific cross. However, inclusion of distorted markers in the genetic maps did not disrupt the marker order and no map expansion was observed.Conclusions
The high density SNP and SSR-based genetic maps reported in this paper have greatly improved marker density and genome coverage in comparison with the first reference map based on AFLP and SSR markers. Therefore, it is foreseen that they will be more useful for fine mapping of QTLs and whole genome association mapping studies in oil palm.


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Iowa City West (No. 8) defeated Southeast Polk 40-23 to advance to the Class 3-A championship match at the state duals wrestling meet.
The Trojans will face Bettendorf (No. 19), which outlasted traditional state champion Waverly-Shell Rock (No. 21) 31-22.
Southeast Polk's Cory Clark survived an upset bid in a semifinal, beating Kegan Wakefield of Iowa City West 7-5. Clark used three takedowns to build a 7-1 lead before giving up a reversal.
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Hey Guys - First of all my sincerest apologies for placing this on main page after entering On-Season mode yesterday, but I really need some help to keep my job and this is last my hope. I know this will be moved. Sorry once again.
I am at work (on a Saturday) beating my head against my desk trying to standardize names to make a report. Keep in mind, I have no previous VBA experience. This is what I am dealing with:
My boss gets invoices in Excel from three different staffing agencies that supply our company with workers. But each staffing agency lists the names of the workers in different formats. Staffing Agency One puts the last name in column A and the first name in column B; Staffing Agency Two puts the complete name in one cell in [last name, first name format] (Doe, John) ; and Staffing Agency Three puts the complete name in one cell as well but puts it in [first name last name format] (John Doe). And these variations happen for, literally, almost a thousand contract workers.
I need to take all that disjointed data and put into a standardized format that I can then import into Access.
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Past travel-writing students have taken this momentum into bylines at The Independent, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Toronto Sun and The Christian Science Monitor, among others. One landed three clips in national outlets -- off her first pitches ever -- before week six of the course. Another has won travel-writing's most prestigious prize, the Lowell Thomas.
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Week 4: Look Who's Talking
Explore how to populate stories with characters, including a defined and intriguing narrator, where applicable. Go beyond interviews and authoritative sources to vignettes that evoke universal themes and rich, specific experiences. Learn how to gather revelatory quotes and telling dialogue, then smoothly integrate these other voices with your own. Assignment: Write -- or revise -- a story, employing three original, authoritative sources (1,000-word max).
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Truman Capote once said, "I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil." Fine-tune your self-editing skills from microtrims to mechanical overhauls during revisions. Assignment: Redraft a feature as a 500-word news brief.
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Journalists are hired guns, who assume house styles, voices and even moral viewpoints to suit various clients. Learn to chameleon your prose better... and also how to recycle your research and original reporting for multiple markets, increasing your profits. Assignment: Suggest news angles for the five story ideas supplied, as well as five of your own concepts (750-word max).
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From videos to book trailers, writers increasingly wind up on air. Walk through the basics of multimedia storytelling and confident presentation. Assignment: Create a piece of multimedia of your choice.
Week 10: Action, Analysis & Reflection
Craft smooth segues and structures that pan from the specific to the universal and on to insights. Assignment: Revise one of your pieces or submit a new one (1,000-word max)
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Evolution of an idea: how a theme, narrator and sense of place transform throughout a tale. How to choose revelatory details and a point of insight aligned with a piece's theme or quest. Produce 750-word and 250-word versions of the same story. Maintain thematic unity, plot arc and strong ledes, nut grafs and kickers, despite cuts.
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The sound of the word on the page has power, as does its placement within a piece, a paragraph and even a phrase. Explore how to write with force and flow, emphasizing the important elements of a story through thoughtful, conscious choices. .Assignment: Revise one of your 1,000-word pieces for line-editing or submit a new 3,000-word one for more general comments.
TEXTS: The course has no requirements -- too difficult with such far-flung students -- but the following books make great additions to any dedicated travel writer's bookshelves.
THE INSTRUCTOR TEAM is anchored by Amanda Castleman, who has taught travel writing for Writers.com since 2003. For each master class, she invites guest teachers to handle half the feedback.
This term's teaching roster features:
Other teachers in the pool include Frank Bures, David Farley and Charyn Pfeuffer.
Top of Page | About Amanda Castleman | About the Guest Instructors | Complete List of Writers.com Classes
How much time does it take?
Akin to a three-credit college class, the workshop requires 60-90 minutes of reading and at least two hours for the assignments each week. Ambitious readers can delve deep via links and articles: some study is self-guided and entirely optional.
Can I travel during class?
Students -- and the instructors -- frequently roam during the course. The decision should hinge upon your work habits: can you focus and write well away from home? Will you have the discipline to hand in assignments early, if necessary?
With multiple teachers in the mix, we can't always accommodate late
submissions. But we're happy to help folks work ahead -- or to wrangle
late critiques in special circumstances.
Is the master class suitable for unpublished or inexperienced writers?
In most cases, no. This workshop focuses on advanced techniques and career-building steps, not the basics of freelancing and travel writing. For an overview, we suggest Writers.com's From Press Trips to Punctured Tires, which caters to beginners, as well as professionals jumping genres or reviving skill-sets.
Not sure if the master class is for you? Take our quiz to find out.
What sort of success can I expect?
Students have published in outlets from Sunset to National Geographic Traveler and The New York Times. One had to pause, then restart the class later, because she landed so much work off the first pitches she ever sent. Another won travel-writing's most prestigious prize, the Lowell Thomas. See some examples of student work.
But placement depends on timing, connections and marketing savvy,
as much as talent. We work to boost each student up a few ladder rungs
from where he or she began. For some, that's breaking into a new
publication, for others that's working towards a coveted clip, book
proposal or Lowell-Thomas submission.
I live outside the U.S. Is this a problem?
The class is entirely online with no fixed hours. All you need is a word-processing program, Internet access, a browser and a credit card. One assignment will involve an audio or video recording, which can be done easily from most PCs and Macs.
All the instructors work for international outlets, and several have staffed and freelanced outside the US. They're sensitive to different Anglophone dialects and how they might effect publication-ready prose.
I'm not sure I want to freelance...
There's no publish or perish here. The master class covers career-building skills, but primarily focuses on storytelling and style elements that can translate to many mediums.
Will this course help a travel blogger?
Absolutely. In fact, our alumna who won the Lowell Thomas -- travel writing's Pulitzer -- coauthors The Vacation Gals blog (Kara Williams).
The workshop explores techniques common to strong writing everywhere: interviews, authoritative sources, news angles, narrative arc, etc... Most importantly, it offers detailed feedback from seasoned writers, editors and instructors, something independent authors often lack.
What if I can't finish in twelve weeks?
Due to the evolving roster of guest instructors, we can not offer term transfers for this class. However, we're happy to discuss partial refunds or discounts for future courses, should life get in the way of the workshop.
What if I have another question?
Mark Dahlby can answer any queries (firstname.lastname@example.com).
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How to get the Most Out of Social Media Connections – It's Not All About Traffic
Advertising on Facebook quadrupled last year. More than three-quarters of big American companies use some sort of social networking, and most small businesses take off from social media-induced traffic. It's clear that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and their contemporaries are becoming vital to businesses, regardless of size. But it's not a popularity contest. It's never been.
Anthony Miyazaki, global marketing professor at Florida International University, thinks that most social media professionals are taking the wrong approach to social media. Those "Likes" and fan pages are well and good, but they're just the start. If you leave it at that, your fans are nothing but names and numbers. What you need to do, he says, is make a real connection with these people.
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People feel better about buying (and are thus more likely to buy again) when they feel they're helping a friend. Social networking allows you to do just that. Users like to link themselves to brands or products that they personally like, and participate in their polls and contests because they feel they're part of a community. More friends doesn't mean more customers, but the customers you do get are likely to stay.
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One of the biggest mistakes in social networking is flooding users with content. No matter how useful your content is, if there's too much of it, people will turn away. I've "unliked" brands on Facebook not because I don't like product or the company, but because they flood my page with updates. Limit Facebook and Twitter updates to one or two a day, unless you have breaking news.
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Regular, useful content is still king—social media is just another medium for it. Users can spot blind marketing from a mile away, and straight-up promotion without any informative content ("Buy this product now!") is a dead giveaway. Offer something to your readers before bringing your product into the picture. Remember, people turn to social network for information. If you establish yourself as a source of information, you're in a much better place to sell.
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