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Nathan Lane, a student at Central Piedmont Community College, has participated in work study, worked part-time at the library and has a security job to help pay for college.
He worries about this week's doubling of interest rates for Stafford loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, because Congress could not agree on a plan by July 1 to keep the rate steady.
Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., pushed the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act in a roundtable discussion at UNC Charlotte Center City with Lane and leaders from UNC Charlotte, Queens University of Charlotte, Johnson C. Smith University and Central Piedmont Community College.
The act would extend the 3.4 percent rate for another year.
Lane, who wants to transfer to UNC Charlotte and work for the Peace Corps, said he hopes Hagan's bill passes.
Hagan, who co-wrote the bill with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said the average student debt in North Carolina is about $23,000, which makes it difficult for students to buy homes and build families after they graduate.
"Debt is burdening our students," Hagan said. "I am not willing to accept that fate for our students."
UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois, who was a first-generation college graduate, said there has been a 16 percent decline in general state funds to public education, and students still need financial aid.
He said investment in education will only improve society, because college graduates are more likely to vote, less likely to commit crime and less likely to be unemployed.
Dubois said students are aware of financial pressures because they are working many hours beyond the time they take to study.
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Johnson C. Smith University President Ronald Carter said 100 percent of the students at his school receive some sort of financial aid. But tougher standards for another loan program already push people out of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Carter said the increases in interest rates on student loans are creating a group of "untouchable" students who are able to afford college and another group who can't. He said the latter group will represent a majority by 2020.
Hagan asked the colleges if online courses are of any benefit financially.
CPCC President Tony Zeiss said the college has used hybrid courses that include in-class and online instruction, but students are not as successful in these courses.
Dubois also said that technology and course development needed for online instruction is also expensive.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has criticized the Hagan-Reed bill and argues that it contains a tax increase.
In claiming that the bill would increase taxes, McConnell most likely is referring to the way the lower interest rates would be funded. It would close a tax loophole over inherited retirement accounts. The McClatchy Washington bureau contributed.
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5 Places To Shop For IKEA When There Isn't One Around
One of the shopping staples for many households across the country is IKEA. That's all well and good unless you're one of the sad souls (myself included) who doesn't have one nearby. The closest one to me is a solid 6 hours drive and although I've done it in the past, but more eco-friendly options have surfaced.
1. Craigslist: What can't you find on Craigslist? Even if you don't have an IKEA near you, there's a good chance someone is still selling something from the blue and yellow retailer. They might have ordered something and it's the wrong size or moved to town and no longer need such items. Although some might try to take advantage of there not being in IKEA nearby and attempt to sell you used items at full price, they'll usually be willing to bargain to get the items in question out of their house and put cash in their pocket.
If you're willing to take the time to look in other cities for a specific item you might be after, an internet search is a great way to get the job done faster. All you need to do is type in— site: www.craigslist.org *insert item here* — and hit search! Recently a family member went hunting for a high chair that's no longer carried online. She located one in Canada and contacted the seller and they were willing to charge her shipping and sent it down! How's that for extra-awesome?Amazon and type the word IKEA in the search bar. It's ok, we'll wait for you..... On any given day there's 4-8 pages of IKEA goods from re-sellers. The best part is that most aren't looking to get rich and if inflated at all only have a small upcharge for shipping or convenience. Mainly I've found smaller items like lighting and silverware, but in addition I've also come across beds, linens and more. Be sure to check it often to see what's new. Blue Box is an option, make sure to leave a name or website in the comments below for similar companies near you.
• 10 Ways to Customize Ikea Furniture
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From: Tracy, CA
May 25, 2011
One of the best routes on the highway.
Dino Head is also one of the better crags with a fair number of harder bolted routes on good rock (for the Seward highway).
By Richard Shore
Jun 12, 2013
IMO - one of the worst chosspiles I've climbed on the highway. Every hold through the crux traverse sequence is flexing badly, and held in place by little more than a thin veneer of mud. The steep face before the traverse is also packed with large, flexing blocks. Not sure why everyone loves this one so much. It's got a couple of neat moves. I'll give it one star for length..
and minus 800 stars for rock quality.
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Jun 20, 2013
|Another negative comment by Richard! Go climb some of John Kelly's routes and then you can comment on being a choss connoisseur.
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Jun 21, 2013
|Actually, Jess, I do aspire to climb some of John's routes. He has done some amazing things in the alpine realm. Frozen choss is probably a bit more solid than this route, though. Someone who might step onto this climb expecting the "4-star" experience based on comments here might be extremely dissatisfied, much like myself.


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marcasiteSaltos de línea: mar¦cas|ite
Pronunciación: /ˈmɑːkəsʌɪt , -ziːt/
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1A semi-precious stone consisting of iron pyrites.
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- Access to the pit is prohibited, but excellent specimens of calcite scalenohedra, dolomite rhombohedra, pyrite, and marcasite have been collected from the pit's east wall.
- Two small dumps are exposed, affording an opportunity to collect some of the attractive microcrystals of rhodochrosite and crystals of apatite, gypsum, barite, goethite, marcasite, calcite, and chalcocite that are found there.
- Other minerals mentioned from the mine by Dunham include galena, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcedony, and minor marcasite and pyrrhotite.
1.1 [mass noun] A bronze-yellow mineral consisting of iron disulphide but differing from pyrite in typically forming aggregates of tabular crystals.
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- The bodies of iron sulfide nodules in the Olentangy Shale are composed of fine-grained pyrite, and their surfaces are frequently covered with tabular crystals of marcasite.
- Sphalerite stalactites to 15 cm in diameter and coated with crystallized marcasite and galena are reported from the Marsden prospect near Galena, Illinois.
- We have also noted clumps of small marcasite crystals as a late-stage association with galena and drusy quartz from the Eagle mine.
late Middle English: from medieval Latin marcasita, from Arabic marqašīṯa, from Persian.
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Dendreon's Date With Destiny
Are there any other data that help or hurt Provenge's chances?
Yes, on both counts. Dendreon has data from a second, smaller clinical trial that show a similar survival benefit over more than three months for Provenge over placebo. But in this study, the result was not statistically significant. In fact, it wasn't even close.
Dendreon did run another analysis to account for imbalances, just like the first study, and when the numbers were crunched the survival benefit was statistically significant. It remains to be seen how the FDA and the advisory panel handles this data.
C'mon Adam, you're usually an opinionated guy, but in this case, you're sitting on the fence. What gives?What gives is that I just don't know how the advisory panel shakes out. If the presentations and deliberations lean toward conservative data analysis and adherence to strict biostatistical methods, Provenge is going to be in for trouble. But if the opposite occurs, if experts on the panel look at the drug through the eyes of a prostate cancer patient and worry less about statistical rigor, Provenge could have a good shot. I understand your neutral stance, but it's been years since the FDA approved a new prostate cancer drug. In fact, the last prostate cancer drug brought before the FDA, Xinlay from Abbott Labs (ABT), was rejected. Also, the new FDA commissioner, Andy Von Eschenbach, is a prostate cancer survivor. I just don't see how Provenge could get dinged. I understand that point of view, but at the end of the day, the FDA will make its decision based on clinical data. Sentimentality has its place, but I'm not sure I'd make a bet on it. And remember, Dendreon is running another clinical trial with Provenge in prostate cancer. This one is big -- 500 patients -- and is designed specifically to answer the survival question. If the FDA or the advisory panel isn't convinced on this go-round, they'll wait to see the results from this ongoing study. Unfortunately, survival data from that trial aren't likely to be ready until late 2008 or 2009.
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Tamera Conaway welcomes students, parents and staff to a wonderful school. W.B. Saul gives students an unique educational experience of both high academic expectations as well as a deep rooted committment to agriculture. We believe every student that leaves Saul will be a productive and contributing citizen.
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Alumni Day on the 20th!
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Here are several live Camera feed that you can watch.
Ewe Tube- watch the lambing season here at Saul.
Eagle Cam- watch an American Bald Eagle nest in Georgia live.
Congratulations to the Saul students and staff that designed a great exhibit for the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show. "Off the Grid" highlighted an artistic urban backyard retreat. The exhibit earned several awards, including one for demonstrating the best use of sustainable gardening practices to the public.
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Andrew Sindel is a fourth year Applied Mathematics major and Education minor at UC Davis. He was born in Auburn, CA and raised in Colfax, CA. He went to Colfax High School and was accepted into UC Davis as a Mathematics major in 2011. He currently works for Davis Code Camp as a Minecraft Instructor.
Andrew attends UC Davis where he is treasurer of LOL Club.
In his free time Andrew enjoys playing League of Legends and Minecraft.
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Julie and Rudy's Fabulous Adventure (without kids!) Day 2 (Wednesday, November 15)
DH had booked a 2-night/3-day (Fri/Sat/Sun) golf package, for just himself, over in Brooksville at the very highly ranked Pine Barrens/Rolling Oaks Golf Courses at World Woods Golf Club. Brooksville is not far from the Gulf of Mexico coast and I wanted to see the beach, but didnâÂÂt want to waste my time hanging around the hotel while he played golf, so I had opted to remain at DXL. However, we decided that on Day 2 of our trip we would take a drive out there, for the day, locate the hotel and golf club and drive around the Clearwater/St. PeteâÂÂs area.
After the buffet breakfast in BoatwrightâÂÂs Restaurant at DXL we finally got away around 10am. It seemed to take forever to find the golf club which was way up on Hwy. 98 for any of you golfers. Once DH had checked it out, we continued on our way up 98 to Hwy. 19 south. This seemed quicker than heading back the way we came. We drove into Clearwater and looked for the Belleview Biltmore Hotel, that I had read about in a travel magazine. We finally found it and went in to look around. It appears very impressive from all around the outside, but when you look more closely, there are many areas that need repair. The hotel is very old and there is a small museum filled with historical artifacts and pictures, located off the lobby. It definitely caters to a certain clientelle judging from the expensive cars being parked by the valet. This afternoon there was a meeting of the Art Society and I have never seen so many well-dressed and coifed women in my life! Straight out of the society pages for sure! DH and I had a late lunch in the hotel dining roomâÂÂ-took forever to get our food, but I was glad to have finally visited the Belleview Biltmore.
We then continued our drive down the coast, site-seeing along the way and when we finally got to St. PetâÂÂs Beach, DH took a little nap in the car while I got out to walk along the beach, gather sea shells and watch the sun as it slowly sank in the sky. I took some great pictures of this. Before it got dark, we headed back up through Tampa to Hwy. 4. Let me say here, that it took us forever to get out of Tampa. We heard on the local radio station that there was an accident on Rte 275, so by trial and error we found a way around it and were finally on our way via Rte 4. At one point DH decided (for some reason) to take an alternate route and I discovered (luckily!) that we were headed in the wrong direction! I think, he got mixed up with Hwys. 27 and 192 that we had taken earlier to get to Hwy. 50 and Brooksville and I realized that we were headed for Miami instead of WDW. I didnâÂÂt recognize any names on the signs and I asked him if he knew where he was. He admitted that he didnâÂÂt, so we drove back to where he had exited off Rte. 4, got back on it and finally, we arrived back at DXL, safe and sound. The moral here, is for the navigator to keep his/her eyes open at all times! We went for something to eat at the Cotton Mill and turned in for the night. DH was going golfing on one of the Disney courses the next day and I planned to go to Animal Kingdom for the 8am opening.
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Thanks for sharing your society tales with us.
It sounds like you had a fun day.

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Thanks Lisa. Yes it was a nice relaxing day. I needed the past day and a half to unwind from the trip because I knew I would be going non-stop at the theme parks the rest of the week and I had learned a lesson from our July trip.
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A DH who will admit to be lost - lol Sounds like a relaxing day to rest before hitting the parks. Thanks for posting!
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Cristie Kerr's First Round Interview at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship
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21 Business Blogging Tips From the Pros
Do you blog for your business?
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We spoke with 21 top experts to find the hottest business blogging tips you need to know today.
Here they are…
#1: Treat Each of Your Articles as a Product
Here is a tip that completely changed my blogging game recently. A friend sent me an email, stating that the quality of the posts on our Buffer blog was declining—and yes, she was right!
Since then, the whole team sat down and rethought our blogging strategy from scratch. What we came up with is something very simple, yet extremely powerful: Treat each of your articles as a product.
Since we started to do this, our traffic and our comments are going through the roof, and our overall feeling of happiness is too. Here are some of the points we derived from this:
- A product is only useful if you know others want it. Validate an idea for a blog post in the same way. For example, before posting an article, we tweeted a question about whether anyone was interested in learning more about multitasking. The outcome? They sure were, and the post was a big hit.
- A product is something that people would potentially pay for. Would they also pay for your articles? Simply starting to think, "Would anyone pay for reading this?", immediately changed the quality. We started to add research on topics instead of just opinions, many more examples and in-depth coverage. That's the only way we could provide value that someone might pay for (even though we don't charge for it).
- A product needs continual iteration. So does a blog post. Hit Publish, even if you have grammar mistakes, formatting errors and so forth. You can correct these things along the way. We had also neglected to reply to comments, which triggered less overall engagement such as tweets and shares. The simple solution—don't!
Leo Widrich, co-founder of BufferApp.com.
#2: Crowdsource Unconventionally
Your audience isn't just interested in one topic, so push the boundaries of what you write about and tie it back to what matters most. The best bloggers in the world take cues from everyday life and turn them into inspiration for blog ideas.
It's not enough anymore to just have an RSS feed of other industry blogs as your arsenal of fresh content ideas. Increased competition and decreased attention spans make it vital to differentiate yourself with new approaches to overdone ideas.
My favorite sources for content ideas come from places I would least expect. For example, want a lesson in writing headlines? Go to the magazine rack at the supermarket and take a look at the covers of Cosmo or Men's Health. These folks are pros at grabbing attention and are experts in writing compelling headlines that pull the reader in.
Combining that approach with ideas culled from online industry aggregators such as LinkedIn Today and offline magazines such as The Week can be a powerful way to develop fresh blog ideas.
Use a note-taking app such as Evernote to keep track of these ideas the moment they strike.
Jason Miller, social media manager at Marketo.
#3: Produce Your Own Media Content
Producing your own media content is by far the best blogging tip I could give.
When you use your own images and video in your blog, the payoff is enhanced SEO because others might link to your original article and you could get more exposure if your images are linked to and embedded elsewhere. You also receive enhanced SEO if your image is more relevant than a typical stock image.
You always want to incorporate your own data and graphs specific to the topic, versus a stock photo inserted just for the purpose of having a photo. You can also use watermarks with your business name or URL on your images. If they do get embedded or the names changed, your brand will still be there.
The easiest way to optimize your media and increase your blog's SEO is to integrate keywords into captions, descriptions and save images under keyword-rich names.
For example, instead of saving an image under screenshot42.jpg, change the name to customfbapp.jpg. Doing this will help your content rank better when people are searching through image directories, which in turn can provide more visibility to your blog.
Jim Belosic, CEO and co-founder of ShortStack.
#4: Publish Only Your BEST Content
My hottest business blogging tip is that your content should be the kind you could sell to your clients for $2,000! In other words, don't be afraid of giving away the know-how you would otherwise sell for a living.
That advice comes from experience. A long time ago, I was a lawyer and I started blogging content that my colleagues would sell for a fee. They looked at me like I was nuts.
Three years later, they were still fighting hard to get a couple of new clients, whereas I was getting many more incoming calls than I could handle, thanks to my blog!
They thought giving away content and advice you would otherwise sell was taking away your business. But in reality, people don't "steal" your content, they just use it to make sure you're the expert they're looking for!
Emeric Ernoult, founder of AgoraPulse.
#5: Give Your Whole Story
The essence of social media means that our content will never just reside in a single location. We may have videos on YouTube, dialogue and interaction on Facebook, our favorites on Pinterest and articles on websites like this one.
The totality of your content tells a "whole" story that you should, at the very least, consider presenting on your blog. Not everything at your site has to be a "complete" post. In some cases, automation can make this content timeline approach possible. In other cases, it will require a bit of a specific production process.
Either way, your audience is at your blog to learn more about you. Make sure you give them the whole story.
Paul Colligan, expert in content creation and podcasting.
#6: Target Your Market With Useful Content
Stop pimping your business with every blog post. Instead, focus on equipping your target market with useful content. That's how you build a relevant following—and it's key to creating a community of new customers.
Invite employees to interact with you in your blog comments. Encourage employees to read your blog posts and to interact with you there. It's a great way to increase your blog engagement and also helps empower employees to share ideas that they might not have otherwise.
Survey your customers to find out what blog content they will find useful. Stop thinking you know what to blog about and ask your readers/customers to tell you. You'll not only gain valuable insight into what your target market finds useful, but also promote your blog in the process.
Michael Delgado, author of circled.us and the social media community manager at Experian.
#7: Do Interviews/Webinars
A great blogging tip that I have found very useful is to interview someone awesome who can provide a ton of value and who will then share the article with his or her community.
Two things happen: 1. The person you interview is excited to share, as long as he or she is depicted in a good light to the community. 2. You get super-solid content for your existing readers and subscribers.
Another tip is webinars. I suppose it depends on what your intention is for your blog. But you should always be looking to increase your subscriber base, so what I have been doing recently is offering webinars/webinar signup boxes on my blog to filter traffic to super high-quality content for nurturing purposes! They choose the time and date of the webinar and it filters them through.
Casey Zeman, creator of YouTube Revealed and Easy Webinar Plugin.
#8: Invite Guest Bloggers
If you find yourself pressed for time and content, consider seeking out a guest blogger. Don't be afraid to invite other industry professionals, people on your staff and in your company who have a penchant for writing and good grammatical command to help you build the content for your blog.
Sharing the content of guest bloggers helps you out, offers your audience a fresh perspective, possibly provides you with future guest blogging opportunities and may bring new eyes to your blog if the guest blogger has a following of his or her own.
Stephanie Gehman, marketing manager at Harrisburg International Airport.
#9: Guest Post Often
When it comes to blogging, the best tip I always share is to guest blog often. Guest blogging, no matter the industry, has tremendous benefits in terms of SEO, branding and most of all, giving you a voice within your industry.
Take a hard look at your field of work and make a list of the top 20 publications that cover this vertical online. These are the websites you should eventually write for to drive traffic and notoriety to your blog.
If you're new to blogging, write a few articles on your industry for your own blog. Over time, you'll have a portfolio of pieces to work from that you can pitch to a website on your list as proof of your understanding of this particular professional space.
After this guest post or posts, you'll be able to share them as further proof of your expertise when pitching other websites on your list. From here, continue to garner a varied portfolio of guest blogs in your industry and allow guest posts on your own blog as well.
If done right, guest blogging can have many positive short- and long-term benefits to your company's continued online success.
Brian Honigman, digital marketing manager at Marc Ecko Enterprises.
#10: Use Information Architecture
Take a step back from content and think about information architecture. Use clear navigation, visible headers, categories and tags to organize your content.
Consider what your audience would expect from your blog and make it easy for visitors to find what they're looking for. I think Mint does a great job on their blog.
Ben Pickering, CEO of Strutta.
#11: Focus on People First
Too many people prioritize the technical aspects of blogging, when I think it's the PEOPLE side that makes the most profound difference.
The most successful bloggers listen to their audience, they get to understand their drives and needs, they answer their questions and solve their problems. It's people who read, share, link and comment.
If there was one thing I think bloggers should look to improve in order to be more successful, it's people skills.
Chris Garrett, founder of Authority Blogger, VP of Educational Content at Copyblogger Media.
#12: Skip the Promotion on Business Blogs
Understand prospects, customers and the public are on your blog to get answers to their questions and accomplish their goals, not yours. Therefore, you must publish content they find useful and interesting that helps them solve their problems.
A great example of how to accomplish this is ePromos, a B2B company selling promotional items. Its blog is called Everyone Loves Free Stuff, an Ad Age Top 150 blog. ePromos promotes its products by showing marketers how to promote their business.
Heidi Cohen, president of Riverside Marketing and Strategies.
#13: Stop Talking Only About Yourself
I am noticing this on almost every business blog I visit: everyone writes only about their product, service, features, news or product releases.
Instead, I would encourage you to start writing articles that are not directly related to your product, that provide real value for your readers and help them take action.
This will help you be seen as an expert in your industry and it's a really simple way to attract traffic through social media and SEO. If your content is valuable, your readers will share it and Google will rank it at the top of their search results.
If you can't spend a lot of time writing, try to attract guest bloggers who will also promote the articles they write.
Eugen Oprea, blogs about web analytics, SEO and WordPress.
#14: Answer Consumer Questions
I think most companies that are serious about blogging are finally realizing that it's called a "blog," not a "brag."
This deeper understanding of the need to educate and inform vs. strictly "sell" has led to more and more companies adopting a common-sense content strategy with their blog, beginning with answering the most common questions they get from customers and consumers every day.
If companies will simply turn themselves into great listeners, and truly hear the questions they're getting from their customer base, their blogging ideas will never cease and there is also a great chance their overall blog traffic and loyalty will explode.
The bottom line is this: If a consumer is asking the question, your company needs to be answering it.
Many businesses and organizations are finally starting to see the light on this simple yet incredibly important blogging strategy.
Marcus Sheridan, thought leader, social media speaker.
#15: Brand Journalism
Brand journalism will be the biggest thing in blogging over the next few years. The basic idea is simple: A percentage of your blog content should be created with an eye toward being reusable and repurposed across multiple media platforms.
In other words, don't create a campaign—content created based primarily on your products or services—on your blog. Nobody goes for that any more.
The future belongs to businesses that become media, which means covering your industry like a reporter covers a beat. Listen to what people are saying about your industry (and business) and create interesting content around those subjects.
You'll be surprised how much traffic you get when you start treating your subject like a reporter.
Tim Gray, social media strategist with Blue Mountain Media.
#16: Be Yourself
There is so much canned content out there and it's only getting worse. If you want to have any chance of standing out from the crowd, you need to create your own content!
Work to develop a blogging style that is unique to you. What's your angle? What's your view? How can you differentiate yourself from others who are blogging in your niche?
Do your best to weave personal stories, experiences, opinions and lessons learned into your blog posts. This can be incredibly effective for connecting with your readers and growing your following. Also, showcase your personality, passions and interests!
We connect with others and build relationships around our passions and interests. Your personality is something that no one else can duplicate!
Closely evaluate your blog today. Can people get to know you as a human being as soon as they land on your site? Humanize your blog to the point where visitors can truly feel connected to you.
Above all else, if you are true to yourself in the content you create, you will have a much greater opportunity to build a loyal audience!
Stephanie Sammons, founder and CEO of Wired Advisor.
#17: Show Your Personality
Let your personality come out in your posts. Don't be afraid to give an opinion or let your true colors show.
This is something I sometimes struggle with because in much journalistic writing, you're not supposed to inject your personality into the story. But people want to know the person behind the business these days, and as long as you can still keep it professional, it helps to write in a way that lets people know there's a living, breathing human being behind the blog.
Louise Julig, Social Media Examiner's case study writer, freelance writer.
#18: Deal With Negativity in a Positive Way
I don't think you can overstate the importance of dealing with negativity in an open and authentic way. Rather than deleting the negative comments, view them as an opportunity to win over a customer, offer help or guidance or even recognize if something went wrong.
Life isn't 100% positive, and neither is business. Even the most universally loved businesses have naysayers. Allow the business to have a personality and let it shine through when dealing with negativity and adversity. Don't be afraid to apologize or offer help.
Sara Hawkins, founder Saving For Someday, lawyer, blogger.
#19: Own Your Own Domain Name
While this may seem basic, owning your own domain name for your blog is a critical step many businesses still aren't taking.
Perhaps because they are just testing the waters when they started or they didn't realize the importance of this step, they have a domaine like mybusiness.blogger.com or mybusiness.wordpress.com. You need to own your own domain!
Whether you run it at blog.mywebsite.com or mywebsite.com/blog, or even if you have to buy another domain name for your blog, you don't want to rely on someone else's platform.
When you're working on someone else's domain, you're working for someone else. What if they go out of business? What if you decide to change platforms? Unless you have been posting content on a domain you control, you'll lose all of the trust and inbound links you've built up over the years.
Rich Brooks, president of Flyte New Media.
#20: Immediately Claim Authorship of Your Articles
The best business blogging tip I have is to immediately claim authorship of your articles through the official "rel=author" process recommended by Google. By linking your published articles to your Google+ profile and vice-versa, your Google+ profile picture will begin to appear next to your articles in Google's search results.
While Google officially says this may not affect your position in search engine results, it says its own statistics confirm that search results containing Google+ profile pictures receive higher click-through rates than those without.
I have personally seen my articles receive much higher ranking in search engine results (and more traffic coming to my blog) after making this small change to the markup of my articles.
Don Power, managing editor of Sprout Social Insights.
#21: Stop Calling Your Blog a Blog
You're not a blogger, you're a publisher.
When I started Social Media Examiner back in October 2009, I made the decision not to call our site a blog. Instead, I opted for the phrase online magazine.
Why? Because every business owner and marketer in the world knows what a magazine is. That word brings to mind rich, thoughtful articles that are designed to educate and inform. There's no question that a magazine is a publication.
When you start thinking of your blog as a publication, then you can start calling yourself a publisher. When you're a publisher, your business and editorial decisions become more clear.
Michael Stelzner, founder and CEO of Social Media Examiner.
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So I had another series of steroid injections this past Friday. This time we did both left and right sacroiliac joints, instead of just the left as usual. Once again, I amazed my specialist with just how crooked my pelvis gets because of my annoying and inoperable low back condition. I also learned that the pain I feel in the hip joints (as opposed to the bursitis pain) is a direct result of my body trying to compensate for the strain.
The theory is that having gritted my teeth through both the pain of having needles stuck into a very sensitive area, and the current pain while I wait for the steroids to actually kick in will result in less pain for a while... a few months, hopefully. Still, I really do need to get back into the pool and do my stretches/exercises. If I can manage some real core strengthening while I'm in a state of respite, it should slow the overall deterioration and make it easier to be more active.
Cross your fingers for me!
I have a problem when it comes to figuring out what to eat. If it's not staring me in the face, it may as well not exist. If it can't be made in under five minutes... well, it's probably a special occasion. Pathetic, I know, but realistic.
That said, I've finally come up with a "short list" of breakfast foods to alternate between, that are reasonably healthy, low-calorie, and low-fuss.
The list:
Low-sugar instant oatmeal, with fruit
Healthy cereal with skim milk
Scrambled eggs and whole wheat toast (liquid egg beaters make it even easier!)
Peanut butter & Sugar-Free Jelly on whole wheat toast with skim milk
Lean Pockets Eggs, Cheese, and Bacon w/ OJ or a smoothie
Breakfast sandwich (poached egg and english muffin) w/ OJ
I just had one of those "aha!" moments during a random activity. I was playing a game online - one of those "hidden object" games, although this is a really tough one, where you don't have to find all the objects on the screen to go on with the game. Anyway, I had been averaging about 90 - 95% and was getting kind of down and thought, "Boy, I guess I'm just not very good at this game." (Yes - I know what you're thinking!) Then, out of nowhere, I thought, "Hey! By most standards, 90 - 95% is pretty darn good. In fact, if I stick with my diet/nutrition and exercise plans that much, I'll be doing really, really well!"
Looks like some of these articles I've been reading on SparkPeople must be sticking with me after all! Thank you, Dean Anderson! Thank you, all of you who have offered your support over the past months! I can do this. I WILL do this.
Weighed myself after physical therapy today... I'm down 15 pounds! I had to share my excitement with everyone else who was in the locker room. :) They were all really supportive, and I told them about SparkPeople. Spreading the Spark! Go me!
I decided to post this so I would remember it in times of need.
A couple of weeks ago, I began to really feel the weight coming off - feel it in my body, in the way I moved, in the way there was less pain, all sorts of subtle things. That was great, but oddly enough, that wasn't the real epiphany. You see, this past weekend, I went to a wedding somewhere warmer, slightly exotic, and full of free food, including seafood, which I adore. So I decided, since I was losing so much weight so quickly, that there was no harm in taking a weekend off from my "diet." Well, I certainly did. Between the free hot breakfast buffet at the hotel every morning, the deep-fried coconut shrimp at the beach, and the lavish spreads at both the rehearsal dinner and the wedding itself (no less than 6 different appetizers during the cocktail hour!), I ate my way through my vacation with glee.
So... what was the problem? The few pounds I might have gained back? Probably not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. The break in discipline? Well, I'm hardly surrounded by lavish buffets in my own kitchen. No... it was just this. Today, at some point when I was doing my physical therapy, I realized that I had lost that sense of physical ease I had gained. My knees no longer felt that slight relief from the all pounds I pile on them every day. And... I missed it. I wanted it back. I want more of that. I want back all the things being heavy - obese, to be honest - has taken away from me. Having a hard time fitting in the airplane seat and fastening the seat belt this weekend.
I could make a pretty long list, and maybe I should. Maybe even one thing a day... tack the list up on my wall as the start of my own personal vendetta against the prison of fat I created over the years. In any case, I do know one thing. Once I get there, I'm never coming back here. Never.


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Definitions for Seesawˈsiˌsɔ
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word Seesaw
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a recreational device on which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a long plank balanced at the middle.
any movement or procedure characterized by ups and downs or vacillation.
(adj.)moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind.
(v.i.)to move in a seesaw manner.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to ride on a seesaw.
to vacillate.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(v.t.)to cause to move in a seesaw manner.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of seesaw:
1695–1705; gradational compound based on saw1
Princeton's WordNet
seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board(verb)
a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw(verb)
ride on a plank
move up and down as if on a seesaw
teeter, seesaw, totter(verb)
move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
an outdoor toy consisting of a board that tips from one side to the other with a child sitting on each end
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down; a teeter-totter
a series of up-and-down movements.
a series of alternating movements or feelings
To use a seesaw.
To fluctuate
Origin: Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzaging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping-pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.
Webster Dictionary
a play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down
a plank or board adjusted for this play
a vibratory or reciprocating motion
same as Crossruff
to move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward
to cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion
moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion
A seesaw is a long, narrow board pivoted in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down.
Seesaw helps you make better decisions by tapping the friends that matter most for feedback in the moment of choice.
Translations for Seesaw
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a long flat piece of wood, metal etc, balanced on a central support so that one end of it goes up as the other goes down
The boy fell off the seesaw in the park.
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Ukraine, Iraq and a Black Sea strategy
George Friedman | 04 September 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Stratfor, Ukraine
It is essential for the US to think in terms of a coherent center of gravity of operations.
Iraq and Syria follow Lebanon's precedent
George Friedman | 28 August 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Middle East, Stratfor, Syria
A strong case can be made that the nation states created a century ago in the Middle East are now defunct.
Iraq's Yazidis are on the brink of genocide – who will save them?
Ali Mamouri | 11 August 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Islam, religious freedom, Yazidi
ISIS militants may be massacring an Iraqi sect.
Iraq: death of a multicultural nation
Ali Mamouri | 08 August 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, ISIS, religious persecution
Iraq's social diversity is disappearing as ISIS fighters rampage through the country.
Persecution of Christians contradicts idea of a Caliphate
Erica C.D. Hunter | 28 July 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Islam, Middle East Christians
In the glory days of the Caliphate, Muslims and Christians lived side by side.
Terrified Christians driven out of Mosul
Abdel Hamid Zebari | 24 July 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Iraqi Christians, religious freedom
The Islamic State is expelling Christians from its newly-won territory.
This is Iraq's darkest hour
Louis Raphaël I Sako and Oliver Maksan | 02 July 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Catholic Church, Christians in Middle East, Iraq
A bishop in Kurdish Iraq criticizes Western indifference to the future of Middle East Christianity.
The Sunni Ramadan offensive and the lessons of Tet
George Friedman | 02 July 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, jihadists, syria
Sunni jihadists have won a propaganda victory. But can they maintain their momentum?
The US has unfinished business in Ukraine and Iraq
George Friedman | 25 June 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Barack Obama, Dwight Eisenhower, Iraq, Ukraine
If Obama needs a role model, let him look to the subtle and experienced Dwight Eisenhower.
World's Refugee Population Grows
Marcus Roberts | 24 June 2014 | FAMILY EDGE |
tags: Iraq, refugees, Syria civil war, UN
The intrigue lying behind Iraq's jihadist uprising
Reva Bhalla | 19 June 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, jihadists, oil industry, Stratfor
There are as many winners as there are losers in the Iraq game.
The failure of Western secular values in Iraq
Laura Keynes | 16 June 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Middle East Christians, secular ideology
The persecution of Christians should have been the canary in the mine.
How has Iraq lost a third of its territory to ISIS in three days?
Ali Mamouri | 16 June 2014 | FEATURES |
tags: Iraq, Islam
A deadly rift has opened up within Iraqi society.
Letter from the tormented land of the Kurds
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tags: foreign policy, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey
With help from Turkey, the fractious Kurds are asserting their independence.
Citizens first: Christians and Muslims in the Middle East
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Christians do not ask for tolerance but for recognition that they live in their own country.


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Hi, there.
Can someone enlighten me how you do maintenance on your server?
I would be interested in any scripts you use.
For instance, how to copy/sync folders automatically etc.
For what tasks exactly? Backups?
Anything. I rarely see ANY scripts and since I'm so poor (read=lazy) at making them my self I'd like to see some that you members find useful.
Backup is good (although I suspect most people use other software like BackupPC or Amanda to do it.)
I'm currently looking a way to ease my life with multiple Joomla updates.
Every time an update comes by I have to extract the zip file and do a copy to all folders under /var/www/domain1.com/web/ folder and then domain2 etc.
Also a script to backup databases to each domain's tmp folder would be a really great.
Anything really. Open stuff is so great because you can just take what you want and modify it to suit your needs.
For backups, I'm using a combination of these two tutorials:
I use a couple real simple scripts for backup. They are on cron jobs. The one to copy the websites and database runs every night. They system backup runs once a week. Right now I move the older backups to a different folder then delete them manually but will change it to automatically delete older ones (to not fill up the disk). Note that the location of the backups is a different physical disk than the data being backed up.
Note: Reading Falkos tutorial is a better way of course to back up the mysql databases. I have so little traffic that I'm not very concerned with the data changing while it's being backed up. I may implement the slave mysql server if I have that concern.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Combat of Munremar and Curoi | The Slaughter of the Boy Troop.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the bull of Cooley?
(a) Barry.
(b) Morrigan.
(c) Donn.
(d) Fergus.
2. Why does Medb want her men to tunnel through the mountain?
(a) She wants to leave a scar on the land of Ulster.
(b) She has to kill a lot of time before the battle.
(c) She thinks it's a good way to hide from Cuchulain.
(d) She thinks tunnels are lucky.
3. Due to Munremar and Curoi's activities, what does Medb ask Cuchulain to do?
(a) A short truce so she can move her troops.
(b) Supply her with more livestock.
(c) More space for her army's camp.
(d) Give her money to pay her soldiers.
4. What is the result of the man of Ireland's dealing with Cuchulain?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is allowed to go free.
(c) He is tied up and left on his own.
(d) He joins Cuchulain's men.
5. What does the narrator tell the reader at the end of "The Foretelling"?
(a) That the story will be lost forever if not spoken aloud.
(b) The introduction is over and the body of the story is next.
(c) That the narrator was Medb's personal bodyguard.
(d) That the introduction was just a dream sequence.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Uala die?
2. Who does Fergus send to tell Cuchulain that he should never be caught running from battle?
3. What fraction of the young boys of Ulster march off to help Cuchulain defeat the Irish?
4. The stories about Cuchulain show that he has amazing abilities but he also has a flaw. What is it?
5. At the age of five, how does Cuchulain show he has special abilities?
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RAGBRAI news team
Riders get sneak peek at butter cow
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 | by Mary StegmeirShare
RAGBRAI riders got a sneak peek Wednesday of butter sculptures that will be unveiled next month during the Iowa State Fair.
Some of the cyclists who peddled through the fairgrounds in Des Moines stopped at the Agriculture Building to watch artist Sarah Pratt work her magic.
Pratt has produced butter sculptures for the State Fair since 2006.
This morning, Pratt worked on a sculpture of Abe Lincoln. An unfinished butter cow was also on display. Both pieces will be finished by Aug. 8.
"I've never heard of a butter sculpture – this is a first for me," said Lee Echert, of East Granby, Conn. "But I like it."
Sue Alseth, of Footville, Wisc., posed with other RAGBRAI riders for a picture in front of the butter cow.
"It's a great photo opp," said Alseth.
This year marked the first time RAGBRAI riders have pedaled through the fairgrounds. The Iowa State Fair, which runs Aug. 8 to Aug. 18, attracts more than million visitors annually.
Des Moines cyclist Mike O'Connell said he thinks getting a preview of the butter cow and other attractions will convince some riders to return for the fair.
"I'm sure a lot of people who are from out-of-state have never been here; it's just a beautiful fairgrounds," said the 52-year-old. "I think it will spark some interest."
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Italy and France are our main destinations though we venture further afield to Portugal visiting gardens around Lisbon. Moroccan gardens in Marrakech and Taroudannt are well worth discovering in April. Our riad-style country hotel with its extensive gardens and rose fields is a perfect base.
In March our new tour is a natural history safari in northern Namibia and the Okovango Delta in Botswana. Lush vegetation in the green season, migrating birds, wildlife with their young, waterlilies lining the water channel. A spectacular tour to two adjoining wildernesses and safe destinations.
Our classic tours to Italy in April include the Italian Lake gardens and further south in Tuscany where in Florence superb private gardens are featured. Our garden tour to Sicily was a great success in 2014. The beginning of May is a perfect time to visit gardens in Eastern Sicily. An autumn tour is also being prepared. The Giardino di Ninfa south of Rome is just stunning with rambling roses climbing an ancient town ruined in the fourteenth century and wonderfully restored by the Gaetani family. It forms part of our Rome garden tour itinerary. The visit is private. Secret gardens in Venice and the Veneto mainland at the end of May is always in muchdemand. Breakfast on the hotel terrace overlooking the Grand Canal to a rose-filled Palazzo garden is not to be missed.
In early June we return to gardens in Provence to discover superb private gardens, some in the Luberon influenced by the late Nicole de Vesian, garden designer and some rarely visited gardens around St Remy-de-Provence. A tour to Normandy and Brittany is being prepared for late June and full details are available in January. In the autumn we head south to the Western Cape in South Africa, combining stunning gardens with a few days visiting wildlife conservation reserves. The rich fynbos vegetation is breath-taking.
What makes our tours special is our care and attention to detail while always retaining quality as our hallmark. Our groups are small, convivial and we use superb hotels of character. Good contacts with garden owners and with hotels we use regularly give that extra touch.
Private, tailor-made tours are our speciality and we offer arrangements for independent holidays.
Your financial security is important and we offer full ATOL protection for tours with air flights and IPP protection for tours with no flights. Established for eighteen years, we are fully independent.
Looking forward to welcoming you on an enjoyable, stimulating 2015 tour.
Enjoy our website and please contact us if more details are required or if you wish to register your name/s on one of our tours. For more information, please contact us on 01423 326 300 or email us on firstname.lastname@example.com.


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X-Color LED Plus
Advantage Points: 300
- Hybrid high performance mobile DMX color spot & gobo projector in one with a new advanced high performance LED source
- Includes one replaceable gobo pattern (Gobo size: 22.5mm; Viewable size: 17mm)
- 3 DMX Channels: Color, Dimmer & Strobe
- 4-Button menu system LED display making it easy to navigate
- 3 Operational modes: DMX controller, Master/Slave & Sound Active
- Ideal for Mobile DJs, Clubs & Bars
- Great for projection lighting where fog can't be used
- Sound Active
- Audio sensitivity knob
- Beam Angle: 13 degree
- Compact & portable design
- Run All Night – High velocity fan keeps unit cool – No Duty Cycle!
- Manual focusing lens
- Strobe effect
- 8 colors + white
- DMX-512 protocol
- Fan cooled
- Hanging Bracket Included
- Compatible with American DJ UC3 Series easy-to-use controllers (sold Separately)
- Power consumption: 28W
- Multi-voltage operation: 100V~240V 50/60Hz- IEC socket
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 7.87" x 6x 6.7" / 200 x 150 x 170mm
- Weight: 6 lbs. / 2.4 kgs.
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