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Obama's Challenge Author Robert Kuttner on Deficit Hawks and Entitlements
Posted By dpacheco On February 23, 2009 @ 1:46 pm In Politics & Public Policy | No Comments
With the budget deficit rising as the economic stimulus takes effect, deficit hawks—both the Republican and "Blue-Dog" Democrat varieties—are rolling out perennial target Social Security again. Robert Kuttner [1], co-founder of The American Prospect [2] and author of Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and The Power of a Transformative Presidency, looks at the flaws in their argument against one of the most successful federal program in history in this article from the Washington Post [3].
What's wrong with the story of entitlements wrecking the economy? Plenty.
For starters, the $56 trillion "unfunded liability" figure relies on creative accounting. Only about $6.36 trillion is the actual public debt, according to the U.S. Treasury [4]. Most of the number Peterson cites is a combination of the 75-year worst-case projections for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
These three programs face very different challenges and remedies. Social Security's accounts are actually near long-term balance. The Congressional Budget Office puts the 75-year shortfall at only about one-third of 1 percent of projected gross domestic product.
Social Security is financed by taxes on wages — and since the mid-1970s, wage growth has stagnated. If median wages rose with productivity growth, as they did during the first three decades after World War II, Social Security would enjoy a big surplus. Even without a raise for working America, Social Security needs only minor adjustments.
Medicare really does face big deficits. But that's because Medicare is part of a hugely inefficient, fragmented health insurance system. It makes no sense to "reform" Medicare in isolation.
If we just cap Medicare, needy seniors would get bare-bones care while more affluent people could supplement their insurance out of pocket. The decent cure for Medicare's cost inflation lies in comprehensive universal health insurance so that the entire system is more efficient and less prone to inflation. You don't hear many budget hawks supporting that brand of reform.
Read the whole article here. [5]
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I am preparing myself to invest in a good in ear system, as they will benefit me when I play in my cover band where we are the only band and I can take my time setting up before the show.
But I'm also thinking along the lines of eclipseownzu where my other projects I play in we typically share the stage with one, sometimes two other acts and we usually only have 20 minutes or so to tear down the first bands kit and set up/mic the second kit before we start playing. Won't leave any time for the in ear tweaks?
I sure do want to try them though.
I use 2 different systems for that. When we play out regular gigs with our PA, I use a wireless IEM system that's permanently wired into our rack with the mixer. When we play one-off gigs with other acts, I use a RockBox from
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Brook Peters makes 9/11 documentary
The same weekend that bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces, a young man released a very personal documentary of his experiences on 9/11.
The storyteller was in kindergarten when the jets hit the World Trade Center, just blocks from his school
"I just remember just the crumbling of the towers, like falling in on themselves," Brook Peters said.
Peters was four on that day. He knew many of the firemen who rushed to the towers. Raised by a single mother, she would often take him to the firehouse so that he would have male role models.
On that fateful September day, it was one of the firefighters who offered a little boy the words he will never forget.
"Grow up to be a good man," Peters was told.
He saw the towers fall that day. For years, he struggled to make sense of it all.
He decided to make a documentary, interviewing other students and teachers who witnessed it too. Now 14, his documentary premiered this weekend not far from Ground Zero.
For Peters, talking to others opened up a window to his own feelings. "I never really talked about it until I started interviewing kids and teachers, if they're able to talk about it then I should be able to be more vocal about my experience that day," he said.
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A method for converting power includes charging an inductor by coupling the inductor to a voltage source for a predetermined amount of time. Thereafter, the inductor is discharged by coupling the inductor to a ground until the current flowing through the inductor equals zero. A method for detecting a zero current flowing through the inductor includes coupling the inductor to a transistor and comparing the output of that transistor to a transistor coupled to ground.
1. A method of regulating power comprising:
charging an inductor with a source voltage for a first time period by coupling said inductor to said source voltage;
discharging an inductor for a second time period by coupling said inductor to a ground;
disconnecting said inductor from both said source voltage and said ground for a third time period; wherein
said disconnecting step is commenced when a current flowing through said inductor equals zero amperes.
2. The method of
turning on a first switch coupling the inductor to the source voltage; and
turning off a second switch coupling the inductor to ground.
3. The method of
turning off a first switch coupling the inductor to the source voltage; and
turning on a second switch coupling the inductor to ground.
4. The method of
turning off a first switch coupling the inductor to the source voltage; and
turning off a second switch coupling the inductor to ground.
5. The method of
6. A method of regulating power comprising:
charging an inductor with a source voltage for a first time period by coupling said inductor to said source voltage:
discharging an inductor for a second time period by coupling said inductor to a ground;
disconnecting said inductor from both said source voltage and said ground for a third time period; wherein
said disconnecting step is commenced when a current flowing through said inductor equals zero amperes;
wherein said disconnecting step comprises:
coupling an input of a first device to said inductor; connecting an input of a second device to a ground;
supplying said first device and said second device with substantially equal currents;
comparing the output voltage of said first device with the output voltage of said second device; and
transmitting a signal to commence said disconnecting step.
7. The method of
said first device comprises transistor comprising a gate, source, and a drain; and
said second device comprises a transistor comprising a gate, source, and a drain.
8. The method of
said comparing step utilizes a low-offset, high-speed comparator coupled to said first device and said second device.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/978,125, filed Oct. 15, 2001, which will issue as U.S. Pat. No. 6,507,175 on Jan. 14, 2003, and which claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/240,340, filed Oct. 13, 2000.
This application relates generally to electronic circuits and more particularly to an electronic circuit for detecting a zero current condition, where such a circuit can be used in voltage regulators and switching power converters ("SPC"), including multiphase power converters.
Power regulators are often used in electronic equipment to supply power at a predetermined voltage to a system. For example, a typical desktop computer may contain a power supply that converts alternating current ("AC") from a wall socket, to direct current ("DC") with a voltage that is usable by the various components of the computer system. With continued reference to computer systems, a hard disk drive may require a 12 volt ("V") power input, while various integrated circuit components may require, for example, power at 5.0 V, 3.3 V, or 1.5 V. A power supply must thus contain power regulators to generate the required voltage levels.
Buck power regulators are often used to generate power outputs for microelectronic devices because they are relatively efficient and provide high current slewing (di/dt) capability. When providing a microprocessor with a regulated input voltage, di/dt and response time are very important considerations. The output inductor value of the regulator determines the di/dt capability of the regulator and also the boundary between continuous conduction mode ("CCM") (when the inductor current is continuous) and discontinuous conduction mode ("DCM") (when the inductor current is not continuous, but drops to zero until the transistor is turned ON; DCM typically occurs when a low load resistance is coupled to the buck power regulator.)
With reference to
When transistor 102 is on, inductor 106 is being charged and the supply voltage supplies the output current. When transistor 102 is turned off, inductor 106 "freewheels" through diode 104 and supplies the energy to load 110. The purpose of the diode is not to rectify, but to re-direct current flow in the circuit and to ensure that there is a path for the current from the inductor to flow. Capacitor 108 serves to reduce the ripple content in the voltage, while inductor 106 smoothes the current passing through it.
A problem of the buck power regulator is that, as low voltage outputs are required, the voltage drop of diode 104 leads to various consequences. For example, the circuit becomes less efficient because of the voltage drop of approximately 0.7 volt across the diode. Such inefficiencies become less tolerable when devices run on battery power as opposed to AC power.
In response to the above deficiencies, buck power regulator 200, detailed in
In normal operation of a power converter, there is a ripple in the output current, due to the charging and discharging of inductor 106. One method of reducing the ripple of the output current is the use of a multiphase power supply. Instead of having, for example, a single source supplying a 20 amp output, there may be four phases, each of which supply 5 amps. An exemplary multiphase buck power converter is shown in FIG. 12.
In multiphase power converter 1200, it is desired to convert an input voltage at terminal 1202 to an output voltage at terminal 1204 across a load 1206. In a manner similar to that described above with respect to
Problems may arise, however, when buck power regulator 200 is required to produce a voltage through a smaller load. An exemplary resulting current plot is shown in FIG. 4. It can be seen that the current through inductor 106 becomes negative during a portion of the cycle, i.e., the current through inductor 106 reverses direction and flows into the ground. This behavior is undesirable because of the various inefficiencies that occur because the inductor is basically wasting power that would ideally remain in the system. Such a problem may not be present in buck power regulator 100 of
It is desirable to develop a method and apparatus for converting voltage that alleviate the above and other problems that may be present in the prior art.
The present invention uses a Zero Current Detection ("ZCD") circuit to determine the direction of current flow in various circuits, such as a switch of a switching power converter ("SPC"). In such a manner, once zero current is detected, the operation of the circuit can be changed such that inefficiencies are reduced.
In one embodiment, the ZCD circuit may comprise a pair of current mirrors supplying current to a matched pair of transistors. One of the transistors is coupled to ground while the other transistor is coupled to the node of interest. The outputs of the matched pair are input into a comparator. When the non-inverting input voltage exceeds the inverting input voltage, the comparator changes state.
In one embodiment, the ZCD circuit may be used in a SPC that is configured as a buck converter having Field Effect Transistors ("FETs") used as power switches. The ZCD signal may be used to maximize the efficiency of the system by controlling the operation of the FETs during DCM operation. In such a manner, the current flow through the inductor is prevented from becoming negative.
In another embodiment, the ZCD circuit may be used in a multiphase power converter in a tri-state mode to decrease the switching time when transients occur.
The result is increased system efficiency and faster transient response.
A more complete understanding of the present invention may be derived by referring to the detailed description and claims when considered in connection with the Figures, where like reference numbers refer to similar elements throughout the Figures, and:
The present invention may be described herein in terms of various functional components and various processing steps. It should be appreciated that such functional components may be realized by any number of hardware or structural components configured to perform the specified functions. For example, the present invention may employ various integrated components comprised of various electrical devices, e.g., resistors, transistors, capacitors, diodes, inductors, and the like, whose values may be suitably configured for various intended purposes. In addition, the present invention may be practiced in any integrated circuit application where a detection of a zero current flow is desired. Such general applications that may be appreciated by those skilled in the art in light of the present disclosure are not described in detail herein. Further, it should be noted that while various components may be suitably coupled or connected to other components within exemplary circuits, such connections and couplings can be realized by direct connection between components, or by connection through other components and devices located therebetween.
With reference to FIG. 4 and
With reference to
Both transistor 608 and transistor 612 are coupled to the same amount of current, via current mirrors 606 and 610, respectively. Because the source of transistor 608 is coupled to ground and the source of transistor 612 is coupled to junction 511, transistors 608 and 612 produce an equal voltage at their respective drains when the input to the source of transistor 608 is equal to the input of the source of transistor 612. In other words, when junction 511 is equal to ground (i.e., the voltage is zero), the voltages at the drains of transistors 608 and 612 are equal. Thus, transistors 608 and 612 serve to level shift the inputs into the common-mode range of comparator 620. It can be readily shown that the voltage at junction 511 is zero only when there is no current flowing through junction 511. Transistors 614 and 618 serve to prevent an excessive voltage level at comparator 620 by directing excessive voltage to ground.
The voltage at junction 511 is ideally shown in FIG. 7. It can be seen that the voltage at junction 511 is at a peak when transistor 502 first turns on and inductor 506 is being charged by the power supply. The voltage at junction 511 drops below zero voltage when transistor 502 turns off, as inductor 506 pulls charge from ground through transistor 504, resulting in a negative voltage potential at junction 511. The voltage reaches zero when the current through inductor 506 begins to flow in the opposite direction, from inductor 506, through transistor 504, to ground. Thus, it can be seen that, by sensing the voltage at junction 511, the zero current detect circuit is able to determine when the current is zero by detecting when the voltage at junction 511 is zero.
Thus, zero current detection circuit 600 disclosed in
An alternative embodiment of the power regulator is presented in FIG. 8. Power regulator 800 features a voltage source 830 that feeds a switch 802. It should be understood that switches 802 and 804 may suitably be replaced with a transistor switch and diode 814 is shown parallel to switch 804 to demonstrate an FET switch. A load inductance 832 and a capacitor 808 and a load 810 is also present in the circuit. Also illustrated in
Voltage is sensed at both sides of load 810. The measurement taken at the high side of the line, at node 840, is termed Vsense+. The measurement taken on the low side, from node 842, is termed Vsense−. The two voltage measurements are input to controller 812, which operates switches 802 and 804. The two voltage measurements serve to provide a more accurate reading, to controller 812, of when a change in the load is encountered. It should be understood that a zero detect circuit, although not illustrated, may also be present in power regulator 800. Such a zero detect circuit may be coupled to node 811 to sense a zero current condition. The presence of the zero current condition can be forwarded to controller 812 to more accurately control switches 802 and 804.
The operation of the circuit may be described more fully with respect to
During the steady-state modes, the operation of switches 802 and 804 are periodic, as depicted in
The result is that, in a relatively small amount of time, circuit 800 is able to react to a change in the load and supply the correct amount of current to the load.
In a multiphase power converter, with reference to
The use of the zero current detector has a profound effect on the operation of the power converter. It is understood that, when the load to a power converter increases, there is a corresponding increase in the current. Typically, when such an increase in the current occurs, there is a corresponding decrease in the voltage at the load. With reference to
As described above, the typical configuration of switches in a power converter switches the high side switch and the low side switch simultaneously, such that only one of the switches is on at one time. During transients, however, there may be an occasion when both switches are off at one time, with the high side switch pulsing, in order to supply more current to the load. In addition, as described above, when a zero current condition is detected, both switches may be off, to prevent current from flowing into ground. Thus, it can be seen that, in order to supply more current to the load, the low-side transistor (transistors 1314, 1324, 1334, and 1344) is turned off.
One reason for the voltage droop is because, if the low-side switch is on, it must be turned off before the current to the load can be increased. However, with the combination of the zero current detection circuit and the multiphase power converter, it can be seen that there is a greater likelihood of the low-side switches being off, resulting in a faster transient response. With reference to
It should also be understood that such an improved transient response time is also present in the embodiment shown in
The above description presents exemplary modes contemplated in carrying out the invention. The techniques described above are, however, susceptible to modifications and alternate constructions from the embodiments shown above. Other variations and modifications of the present invention will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, and it is the intent of the appended claims that such variations and modifications be covered. For example, the present invention may be used in a multiphase power converter with multiple low-side switches. The multiple low-side switches may be switched off (e.g., using a tri-state mode of operation) to decrease the response time of the converter. While the zero current detection circuit was described with respect to a buck power regulator, it can be used in various other applications. For example, the zero current detection circuit can be used in a highly-phased power regulation system such as those used in low-voltage conversion applications such as for microprocessor loads. The ZCD may be used as part of a power IC to detect when a switching element is at ground. When zero current is detected, the operation of the power regulation system may be changed to minimize various inefficiencies that may be present due to high RMS currents.
Consequently, it is not the intention to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all modifications and alternate constructions falling within the scope of the invention, as expressed in the following claims when read in light of the description and drawings. No element described in this specification is necessary for the practice of the invention unless expressly described herein as "essential" or "required."
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Members of United Way of Vance County recently assembled for a planning retreat at the offices of Holden, Knott, Clark, Copley & Hoyle, P.A.
Jill Cox, government relations and communications director for United Way of N.C., attended the retreat to facilitate. She led a discussion on the county's many assets, which include Kerr Lake, easy access to the Triangle area, Maria Parham Medical Center, Vance-Granville Community College, the Henderson Family YMCA and Perry Memorial Library.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2003 Despite their apparent goal of scaring the international community away from supporting the coalition in Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Oct. 19 that new tapes purportedly from Osama bin Laden will have the opposite effect.
The Arab network Al Jazeera aired two audio tapes Oct. 18. The speaker, believed to be the fugitive Al Qaeda leader, vowed more attacks by his terror organization inside and outside the United States, and labeled any countries helping the American effort as targets.
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"I know that it now encourages them," Powell said. "It might have scared them in the past, but everybody now knows you are not immune, you can't hide from it, you can't walk away. He is a threat to all of us.
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Earlier, in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" with Tony Snow, Powell cited the passage Oct. 16 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1511, which calls for international support for reconstruction and multinational participation in a stabilization force in Iraq.
"The real achievement of the resolution was to bring the power of the Security Council, and, in turn, the United Nations, behind the strategy that we are following," Powell said. He described that strategy as creation of a multinational force and the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq in a measured way as Iraqi institutions become ready to accept authority. He added the strategy avoids arbitrary deadlines, such as, "In the first of January, we're out of here, and you've got your country back, and we won't have anything else to do with it."
Powell praised the Security Council for passing the resolution unanimously.
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Chef John Mitzewich of Food Wishes figured out where the web was going, way ahead of the rest of us.
It's not print, sadly. It's not even photos. The web is going to video.
Four years ago, Mitzewich, a former cooking teacher and chef based in San Francisco, started his food blog, focusing on video. Then he put his how-to cooking videos on You Tube. To this day, it's just him, his tripod, and a $35 mic with a men's sock over it. He makes two to three videos a week.
Now almost 40 million people have uploaded his more than 600 elegant cooking shows with friendly instructions and upbeat jazz notes. Know who was paying attention? Allrecipes. They entered negotiations, and bought his content.
"Food Wishes' content will [be] brought to Allrecipes' global audience of 20 million home cooks through Allrecipes sites, mobile apps and Allrecipes.tv, a video-focused website launched inJune 2010," announced the company in a press release about the acquisition.
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Q. Why was Allrecipes interested in your blog?
A. I don't think it was so much the blog as it was the YouTube channel and video library.
Q. Why is that?
A. Companies pay YouTube money to have their ads run over or next to videos on the site. If you have a content partnership with them (only a fraction of users do), YouTube shares a percentage of this money with you. The more views you get, the more money you make. Simple as that.
Having said that, I think the blog showed that I wasn't just a one trick pony. Besides doing the recipe videos, I also did a ton of traveling, covering food shows and blogger festivals, which showed that I had reach above and beyond teaching someone how to make a Hollandaise.
Also, our brands align really well. Allrecipes is all about user generated content, which means home cooks submit recipes to the site. These are recipes for practical, everyday cooking, which is what I focus a lot of my content on as well. I think Allrecipes saw this in my videos, and thought it would be a great fit for their audience.
Q. Was it your goal to create a website that could be acquired?
A. I've never really had any kind of plan for Food Wishes. I was so absorbed with creating the videos and writing the posts, I didn't think of much else.
That's why it's very exciting for me to partner with Allrecipes, because they're experts at the business side of things. I get to keep creating the content I love, and they get to focus on making sure my site is user friendly and optimized for SEO.
Q. Will you keep doing your blog the way you've always done it?
A. Yes, for the most part. I wouldn't have agreed to this deal if it meant significantly changing what I do and how I teach. Allrecipes proposed this partnership because what I was doing was working very well, so to change that formula wouldn't make a lot of sense.
I've continued to grow and improve my content over time. I mean, when I started I was taping a webcam to a spice rack, so I've already come a long way from that! This new partnership should only help me continue to grow, as I'll have new tools, and more support.
Q. What is the secret of excellent how-to videos?
A. Here are my top three tips:
1. Keep the video between 3 and 5 minutes. This seems to be the sweet spot as far as an online foodie's attention span. Shorter seems rushed, and longer starts to drag.
2. Create videos about things you love, not what you think your viewers will love. People will feel your passion, and be drawn to it. If they don't like what you're cooking, chances are they are not visiting your blog anyway.
3. Stay out of the video. When the video is just about the food and the recipe, viewers are cooking WITH you. As soon as you enter the frame, they are watching you cook, not cooking with you.
(I'd add a fourth: Tie your videos to an event. His How to Eat a Chicken Wing, tied to the Super Bowl and appearing on YouTube's home page that day, got more than a million hits.)
Q. What message can you give other food bloggers who might want a deal like this?
A. There really are no secret formulas. It definitely helps to have lots of quality content, and a ton of traffic. I've been so fortunate that what I enjoy doing the most turned into a full-time job.
If you love what you do, you'll do it better, and the better you are at your job the more success you'll have in the end. Companies want to work with people who connect with others on a very personal level, and you can't do that without being authentic.
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It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Congrats John!
Congrats to John – what a fantastic success story!
Diane, Thank you so much for the interview, and the kind words!! Great seeing you in NOLA!
Cheers! John
John and I had a conversation about this whole thing (or maybe a couple of conversations). I'm so excited for and proud of him. I love what he's done and now, what's happening to him as a result of his wonderful videos. He deserves the success.
Yea! A "non-celebrity" makes it!
First of all I want to congratulate Chef John for this awesome achievement. Producing video is not easy and to stick with it and produce as many has he has is no small feat. Then to win the "lottery" by selling to AllRecipes is wonderful. It's great to see someone in this business get recognized monetarily. We all know that's quite rare.
I do want to take issue however with the three points he made on producing excellent how-to videos. While those points suggest a way to do it that clearly works, from our data it isn't the only way and may not even be the most optimum way in 2011. I can say this because at Joyofbaking.com we started producing HD demonstration videos in January of 2011 and now have 109 videos with over 2 million views in just 8 months. We also are a partner with YouTube and they provide a lot of data that we can use to understand how well we are doing with our model. In addition we have over 82,000 Facebook fans that provide us constant feedback on how we are doing with our videos. Every video is rolled out on Facebook and we get tons of comments within minutes.
Point 1: Keep the videos to 3 to 5 minutes. As we all know it's almost impossible to make anything in 5 minutes, especially baking. So that means the video must be so concise the you have to skip a lot of important points. To do a frosted cake video in under 5 minutes means you must give a brief overview. Stephanie's passion is to help people bake well and she has found that there is no way to compress this into a 5 minute video. We are finding that unless we do a comprehensive video that covers it all, people are not satisfied. This is the feedback we get on Facebook. Also YouTube provides data on viewer engagement and even we were surprised to find that our longer more detailed videos are viewed through by most people according to the data. But even if they don't view it through, are you going to make those visitors that are hungry for detailed information suffer because of a few that get bored easily?
Point 2: Create videos on what you love, not what you think your viewers will love. If you do a video on something that few people are interested in, very few people will watch it. In our case Stephanie's passion is teaching people how to bake well, not so much what they bake. So she gets charged up by having lots of people being excited about learning to bake something THEY want to bake. Hearing the excitement of someone telling her on Facebook how her family was wowed by the dessert she made is what charges her up, not so much what it was. I believe most bloggers also feel this way. It's the ability to connect with their audience that charges up many bloggers up and to do this you are better off giving visitors what they want rather than what you want.
Point 3: Stay out of the video. We actually tried that first and after no end of comments on our Facebook page how they wanted to see Stephanie we switched and redid those videos. Our experience is people want to connect with the person. People say that they feel like they are in the kitchen baking with Stephanie. They tell us they want to bake with Stephanie, the opposite of what Chef John is saying. Also with all the talk about personal branding these days don't people want to show their face? If a blogger starts producing videos for visitors that have been following them for years, don't you think they are going to want to see that person? That's what we found.
In conclusion I can see how AllRecipes felt this was a good fit for them. As Chef John mentions AllRecipes isn't about an individual, it's about user submitted generic recipes. With their model they wouldn't want to personalize the video because when you search for a recipe on their site its about the recipe, not the person. Bloggers and sites like ours on the other hand are trying to develop their personal brand and connect with visitors on a personal basis and are not about generic recipes. So my advice to bloggers is to keep that in mind if they decide to do video on their blog. But don't take my word for it, read what people are saying on our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/joyofbaking
If anyone is interested I'd be happy to share more of our experience with video offline.
Rick Jaworski
CEO iFood Media LLC
What a backhanded way to take advantage of this guys success in order to promote your own videos. I don't think you're winning any fans, here.
This is not about winning fans and/or promoting our videos. We have more then enough traffic though other means. I only mention our stats to support my argument that their are alternate approaches to this. If I hadn't mentioned our stats you would dismiss my argument as unsubstantiated. In any debate you have to back your rebuttal with facts. I don't have any other facts from any site other than my own so I have to talk about our stats. Just how is that spam? Why don't you say who you are? Spammers never say their real name.
You know, making videos is like blogging: do what works for you and fits both your personality and your passion. And one must also listen to one's readers/viewers, not so much to change your style but simply to adapt. I mean, one does not blog or post videos simply for oneself but rather for those viewing. I think it makes sense that what works for Chef John may not work for you and vice versa. This way there is something for everyone.
I totally agree with you Jamie. That was my point. There are alternate ways to approach this. In fact there are likely many ways besides Chef John's and ours. The reason for my comment is I did not want bloggers to think that the the above tips were the only way.. They are not.
Having personally been involved with acquisitions in the past I know that the new owners typically dictate what is to be said publicly after the transaction. In my view those "tips" seem to favor the non personal recipe model of AllRecipes rather than the personalization model of bloggers.
You do realize, Chef John connects with people through the way he sounds on the mic right? It's his personality that rings through in the audio that makes it work for him.
John definitely had to exercise a lot of patience as this deal came together and it couldn't have happened to a better guy — at a better time. Another big congrats, my friend! I can't wait to see how very far you go.
First of all, I really enjoyed every minute of your Recipe Writing & Development Class at IFBC. Having heard you speak in the past (after reading "Will Write For Food") I knew I was in for a treat. I have to tell you, I wasn't expecting to be so inspired by the Video Production Class. John has such a great easy-going style. It doesn't hurt that he's incredibly funny as well. All 3 of the gentleman who spoke about video production have inspired me to take my blogging to a whole different level.
I spent 6 hours in flight to get home to Seattle and I barely set my pen down. I now have about 40 pages of video ideas in my Composition Book. Now what I need to do is go from the Pre-Production/Planning stage to Production…and beyond!
Thank you for this post Dianne. Fascinating subject, as usual. Fun spending a little time with you in New Orleans too.
This is a great post. I just bought a camera that also shoots HD video but it never occured to me to make videos for my blog. The possibilities are endless. Congrats Chef John.
A huge congratulations to Chef John and well deserved! I had the great good luck to have dinner with him in New Orleans and his passion and enthusiasm just bubble up and over and it is both infectious and inspiring! He talked about his videos (and his deal) and encouraged us to follow in his footsteps. He is a truly generous and talented man. My husband and son have been urging me to do videos for a long time but it was Chef John who may have pushed me over the edge. And now I'm excited!
It was so great finally meeting you, Dianne, and I so enjoyed our afternoon together! Hope the next visit will be soon…. and maybe in Europe!
& what a nice tripod :)))) I'm sooo proud of you John!!!! XO
What a great thing for someone who sounds really nice and deserving. This also reinforces an old saying (I'm into old sayings this week!) – "build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door!" He had a great idea, acted on it and executed it well.
just little old lady trying to get chef jons recipie for no knead beer bread, for my husband been married almost 61 years saw video & would love to try & make it havent come up with recipie amounts can you help please?
I love watching his video on the All Recipes Channel on my ROKU. I have used several of his recipes, and I have become a better cook.
Your article has done a lot for us little guys who enjoy making cooking videos. Thank you very, very much! -dave-


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Didn't figure she was much for making fights go the distance anyway, with only one fight going longer then the first round. Figured I'd share an interview I had with her on friday.Bantamweight womens champion, Ronda Rousey, talked with the media briefly on Friday about an hour before the UFC 171 weigh-ins discussing a variety of topics linked to the champ. Ronda addressed everything from pro wrestling, Gina Carano, fighting at 145 lbs., the Arianny Celeste feud, and her former love with Judo, some wondering if she would make a return to the Judo Olympics at some point. When addressing a media question from the Guardian Liberty Voice about a possible return to Judo for the Olympics, she answered without any hesitation covering both Judo and points fighting.
In Judo my mark has been made and that chapter of my life has been closed, Ronda stated, I would love to go spectate and watch, but they have changed a lot of the rules in Judo now and I just dont really think its the same sport really, and not as practical and realistic as it used to be.
There is no denying that the Olympics rules have changed somewhat in Judo since Rousey last competed in the Beijing Olympic games in 2008, where she won a bronze medal in Judo. At age 17, the UFC womens champ was the youngest judoka to qualify for the Athens Olympics in 2004. She went on to win numerous medals in her illustrious Judo career in World Judo Championships and Pan American Championships before retiring and strictly focusing on Mixed Martial Arts at the age of 21. Rousey often jokingly references to her moms days of waking her daughter up from bed with arm bar submission maneuvers, and relished her moms own accomplished Judo background growing up.
Ronda has started off with a bang in her MMA career, finishing all nine opponents she has faced inside the cage with only one single fight making it past the first round. Rowdy Ronda Rousey definitely lives up to her moniker with her no holds barred aggression towards her opponents, always pressing the action in some way or another, and not allowing any of her opponents any breathing room as she looks for the finish at every single moment of the fight. The points fighter label has never been associated with Ronda and she prefers to keep it that way. When shooting down the possibilities of a return to the Judo Olympics, the UFC womens champion also touched base on points fighting in Judo along with fighting in the UFC.
Being in MMA now Im spoiled, I cant deal with points fighters anymore you know? Rousey laughed, When someone starts point fighting with me now I have the habit to hit them now, I dont know if I could bury that.
Her decision to stick with MMA over a Judo Olympics return has seemed to pan out well for the 27-year-old face of womens MMA. With many business opportunities and rival women fighters all lining up for the opportunity to deal with Rousey, she has quite a bit of work ahead of her. With the clock turning on her retirement plan she predicted in two years, she will be a busy women for the UFC and Dana White before hitting that mark. With possible work in entertainment and modeling, the dream of maybe being involved with wrestling promotion and training with CM Punk and big names like Cris Cyborg, Holly Holm, and Gina Carano, Rousey is going to have quite a packed schedule going forward. The sky is the limit for Rowdy Ronda as she presses on in her future endeavors as one of the most popular fighters of today in the UFC.


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Spokespeople for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) say the humanitarian and compassionate grounds application filed on behalf of Toronto artist Alvaro Orozco isn't likely to prevent his deportation.
Orozco was arrested on May 13 in Toronto and is being held at the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre in Rexdale.
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney was unavailable for comment on May 19. But when asked if Kenney was considering granting Orozco residency, spokesperson Tracie LeBlanc says, "Minister Kenney does not have the authority to stay removal orders under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act…. All refugee claimants in Canada have the right to due process…. When they have exhausted all legal avenues we expect them to respect our laws and leave Canada."
Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow says LeBlanc's assessment is shortsighted. She says that while it's true that Kenney does not have the authority to defer deportations, he can grant a minister's permit to those filing humanitarian and compassionate grounds applications, thus granting them permanent residency.
"It would be the [Minister for Public Safety Vic Toews] that would be delaying the deportation order, but that's not the point," Chow says. "If Jason Kenney tomorrow issued a minister's permit to allow Alvaro to stay in Canada based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, then he can stay… the minister has the full right to do so."
Toronto police have so far provided no information about the events leading to Orozco's arrest, but Vanessa Barrasa, a CBSA spokesperson writes in an email to Xtra that an arrest warrant was issued on Oct 4, 2007, after he failed to appear for removal.
"A person under an immigration warrant is normally entered in Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) which is available to law enforcement agencies across the country," she writes. "Law enforcement agencies are obliged to act when they encounter a person under warrant, either criminal or non-criminal."
Is Orozco's removal a special priority for CBSA?
"Removals of failed refugee claimants and individuals with other immigration violations are…. necessary to maintain the integrity of Canada's immigration program," replies Barassa.
Toronto immigration lawyer and human rights activist El-Farouk Khaki worked on Orozco's humanitarian and compassionate grounds application.
"I think [Alvaro] was ill served at the very beginning," he says. "When we tried to point out some of the deficiencies and some of the problems… particularly in the refugee hearing process, I think people sort of closed ranks. I think because of the profile of the case itself, the institution needed to… protect its own integrity. That's my sense… but that's just my own conjecture."
Khaki says it's common for people to be deported before their humanitarian and compassionate grounds applications are reviewed.
"I can't give you a statistic, but you have a legal regiment that says a person cannot be deported while a person is…. hearing this process, and then you also have one that says that this kind of application [humanitarian and compassionate grounds] does not stop removal."
Why would Immigration Canada rush to remove Orozco before reviewing the application?
"Immigration is not set up to open the doors of the country," says Khaki. "Immigration systems are set up to keep people out."
Is it common for CBSA to deport people while their humanitarian and compassionate grounds applications are still pending? Barassa emphasizes that such applications "do not deter us from removing him."
Readers may contact Kenney themselves here. For more information on Orozco's case, join the Let Alvaro Stay Facebook page here. Sign a petition to let Alvaro stay here.
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BCM Presents 'LAN Party' on April 5
The Rogers State University's Baptist Collegiate Ministry will host its "LAN Party" at 6 p.m., Friday, April 5, at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry building, 2020 W. Blue Star Dr. in Claremore.
The LAN Party is free and open to the public. Free food is provided.
BCM's LAN Party attendees are encouraged to bring computers or a game console of choice to participate in an all-night video game party. The BCM will host four large video game tournaments at the event: Super Smash Bros., Halo, Wolfenstein E.T. and Interstate '82. Prizes are given to each tournament winner. An array of video games and tournaments can be played throughout the night (i.e. Minecraft, Age of Empires, StarCraft etc.).
Raffle tickets will be distributed upon admission. A $50 Visa gift card and a t-shirt will be given to the raffle winner during the event. Attendees have the chance to obtain information and raffle tickets prior to the event at 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 1, at the Centennial Center Rotunda at the Claremore campus.
"I look forward to the LAN Party every semester because it's a great time to hang out with friends, relax and play some games," said Denver Poteet, an RSU alumnus from the Game Development program.
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Moray Council's road maintenance teams have been named as the UK's best performer in highways and winter maintenance by a national public sector monitoring charity.
Moray was voted the best from eight other finalists in the category, which included Argyll & Bute, Hull City, Hartlepool and Midlothian Councils.
The award was presented by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE), a not-for-profit organisation working with over 300 local authorities throughout the UK that benchmarks performance in front-line services.
To enter, each council has to submit comprehensive details on its performance over the last 12 months. The data is verified by APSE and participating authorities use them to compare and measure improvement to their functions. Moray Council last won this award in 2005 and have been finalists several times since.
Chair of the council's Economic Development and Infrastructure committee, Cllr Fiona Murdoch, congratulated the roads teams.
"Residents in my ward know only too well how important road maintenance is, particularly at this time of year when routes are affected by freezing temperatures and snow," she said.
"Staff are out at all hours to keep Moray's main routes open and vital services moving, often in extremely challenging conditions.
"In these times of restricted budgets it is reassuring that the staff in this section have out-performed many others in bigger authorities across the UK, not only in winter maintenance but also for the upkeep of the area's 1,000km of roads."
In a separate report from the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS), Moray's roads were judged to be among the best maintained in Scotland, lying fourth from 32 council areas surveyed by independent road engineers.
APSE assistant chief executive Mark Bramah said: "When public finances are squeezed it is more important than ever that local councils are able to demonstrate to local taxpayers that they take value for money seriously.
"By benchmarking with other councils these winners have shown that they are providing both excellent frontline services and value for money for local citizens.
"It is a credit to them that they have been recognised for their outstanding efforts'.


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Eh, sorry about that. I thought I was safe using the code embed on the forums. Lesson learned.
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It's a geolocation script. If a user is from a certain country the script redirects them to a different URL. When I put the script where you're saying it loads the CSS first … then redirects.May 29, 2014 at 9:17 am in reply to: Adding Script to Top of Head #107298
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Trying to replicate this under the post content, but not working. Here's my code
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Brad – You are the man!!! Thanks so much. Works great. Work in progress, but here's a page I implemented it on. http://faithfeeder.com/dads-letter-son-will-make-cry/January 13, 2014 at 7:19 am in reply to: Creating a Random Page #84944
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I tried that with both Random Redirect plugins and both caused fatal errors. I'm using the most recent WordPress/Genesis. I don't think either are compatible.January 12, 2014 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Can I use a hook for this? #84902
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Im downloading it right now just seeing what people think?
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Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head?
I've played for about an hour now, and so far, it's fairly decent.
My main complaint is with the keyboard controls and not being able to reconfigure them. I hear a gamepad makes the game much better, which makes sense because it genuinely feels like it was meant to be played with one.
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I agree although I switched to playing on a gamepad and that works very well. The game is addicting actually and surprised me with how fun it was.
I do have complaints though:
- It stays REALLY weird to have no custom layout/skins whatsoever... EVERYONE looks the same =P Even in the cashshop you are limited to "hats" and "Coats"
- Even though the controls are "good" with a gamepad it is still quite annoying some times. I hope the option to configure controls is on the way.
-isn't the game "too easy" ? Even on very hard it is very much doable. Most likely because it's first zone ?
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I have played a total of about 5-7 hours so far and reached lvl 10. I really enjoy the game so far, the person before said you can't customize your appearance but thats not actually true you can get what are called costume items and they do make you look different. I am using a gamepad which is great so far but unfortunetely like people have said you cannot configure the controls only use their defaults, but I am using xpadder and it works perfectly. The game is pretty simple in the low levels but thats to be expected.
There's item crafting but its done by either collecting items dropped by mobs or "dismantling" weapons and armor you find, then you pay the blacksmith to make items for you with those materials. The quests aren't complex by any means, they're really more to give you a reason to fight through the different dungeon levels. However the dungeon levels are short so its not too tedious. I like the game so far, there is PvP but i don't know if its active in the beta (it might be I'm just not sure).
The art style is one of the things that drew me to this game to begin with, the characters and enemies look like anime so if you like that type of thing you will probably enjoy the graphics. The effects are nice and I think this game would run well even on older less powerful computers.
Thats about all I can say at the moment but so far I would surely recommend this game to anyone thinking of trying it, it's free so you really can't go wrong giving it a shot.
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im enjoying it. it has its fair share of bugs but thats because its a closed beta of course..works well on a controller to.
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Wall of text ahead, only read if you want to know info of the game and my opinion. Also, I felt like this post was appropriate for this thread as it does tell how I feel about the beta, but the post is just a bit longer. =P And yeah, I have lots of free time and I'm bored.
I've been playing this game for 1-2 weeks and I think it is kind of fun really. At least, I've managed to play it for more than 24 hours without getting bored, unlike usually in most mmos.
PVE is pretty fun in my opinion. The dungeons have 4 different difficulties which are normal, hard, very hard and blood mode. Each difficulty needs to be unlocked and it is quite easy to do that really (except blood mode, but it isn't too hard though). From normal to very hard, it is pretty easy to solo, but blood mode is really difficult. I myself tried it on the most difficult map possible, by myself and I died three times and I think I am a player of average skill at the very least. However, it seems entirely possible to solo, if you have better gear. It is something what was designed for party play though, and is more fun for casual players in party and for more hardcore players too I think. I just wanted to state, if you are a soloer like me, it is possible for you to do blood mode, as long as are good enough. Also, the more difficulty, the better gears and exp you get in dungeons. From my experience in blood mode though, the rewards were pretty dissapointing, but I've only done it once of course.
I can't comment on PVP as I haven't tried it. I'm not really a PVP fan.
Keyboard controllers are perfectly fine in my opinion. If they aren't fine for you, use gamepad.
The cash shop items are only temporal. WTF? I can understand that in some type of items, but for something like clothes? Eh? Eh? Ehhhh!? (They might change it to permanent on the full game from what I've heard though, but it sure will suck if they don't).
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lol.. this person is trying so hard to make it sound like he doesn't work for this game
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I appreciate that it tries the action combat formula, but to be honest, it is very slow and clunky compared to the likes of Devil May Cry or Bayonetta. One button combos with a tacked on finisher are laughable in a non-mmo action game so trying to push it into the market as action game is futile.


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2013: A New Year of Discussions
It's two full weeks into 2013, a good time to reflect on what the year ahead might hold for "Lutherant." The busy Christmas season is behind us, and a whole new year stretches out ahead. Another year of connecting up, from a Christian point of view, Christ and our present local and global culture. I […] [Read More]
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In these closing hours of Advent, I post a poem from Memorial member Jenna Parshall entitled "Swelling-Soul Song." The small years passed by dry and dim for the couple strong and true. No child came forth from them who loved Love with hearts so fierce they flew. The barren woman was seen as cursed by […] [Read More]
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