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Monday, April 16, 2012
The McStay Family Disappearance (Pre-Discovery Post)
I was fielding comments tonight from people who are just discovering the modern Marie Celeste, the disappearance of the McStay family.
I am convinced they are alive and that they disappeared willingly.
This disappearance has made a bunch of people (and not just the "undisappeared" parts of the McStay family) a ridiculous amount of money at this point. Who knew disappearing is now such a cash cow. I guess it helps if you're a cute family and not just a troubled loner.
And yet. Did you see how PATHETICALLY LOW the REWARD is for the entire missing family?
If that alone doesn't make you skeptical, you must be a pretty broadminded person.
I worked through a variety of theories for the disappearance of this family but found myself ultimately rejecting the most widely held beliefs. I don't believe they're in Witness Protection. I don't believe they were murdered. I don't believe they went down to Mexico that night (and took their children) to make a shady deal that went horribly wrong.
The biggest misconception about these people seems to be that they had limited resources and that they are your average middle class American family. Wrong and wrong. They owned land in South America. Joseph McStay's business got some hugely lucrative contracts right before our economy tanked. Yes, they had declared bankruptcy. But that doesn't mean they didn't have a shitload of cash at their disposal. Even his mother stated how great Joseph was at bankrolling.
Why they disappeared is almost irrelevant if you believe they disappeared willingly and haven't engaged in criminal activity that would warrant their extradition from whatever country they now call home (unless they're back in America, which seems improbable).
If I had to guess which of the various theories I entertained I think is the real reason they vanished, I would stick with the mental illness hypothesis. I believe Summer McStay suffers from mental illness, probably borderline personality disorder. She has exhibited behavior which many think is indicative of criminality. But almost all her erratic behavior (and even her many name changes) is also consistent with mental illness and especially borderline personality disorder. BPD sufferers will often disappear out of the lives of loved ones with no explanation, and they sometimes won't talk to these people for years. They go through phases where they demonize people, even people who have done nothing wrong to them. Perception is reality and for these people it's so much more true.
Anyway, I wanted to share this video about people disappearing in today's climate of hypervigilant monitoring. Just because I found it interesting. I don't believe the McStays are in America. I seriously doubt Mexico was their final destination. I think they initially planned to settle somewhere in South America. I'm sure they didn't count on their story being one of the biggest international media sensations of the twenty-first century.
I'm guessing they've since moved on to Europe or somewhere outside of our hemisphere.
It probably won't help. They will probably eventually be found. Because I get searches on this blog for them every day from not only all overseas anglophone countries, but even most countries where English is not spoken. I get regular searches for them from different African countries. It's so strange which stories end up fascinating the entire world. It's really due to the way a mystery is created, and this is often done by a misrepresentation of facts. This is why P.T. Barnum was so successful and why we still know his name. This is why people believe there is such a phenomenon as "The Bermuda Triangle." Because of the power of misrepresentation. I think we're all gawking at another "Fiji Mermaid."
But I think all four of them are alive and well, if feeling a bit harried and pursued by Furies at this point.
A FINAL NOTE ABOUT THIS VIDEO: This isn't your typical journalistic presentation. The "extreme art" erudition displayed here is wonderful and I love the way the speaker begins this discussion on the paradoxes of privacy with a discursive foray into the world of meta-art, paranoid art and art that does various riffs on privacy-- ranging from "pulling a Cravan" to enacting various self-crucifixions. This is wonderful stuff. Wonderful writing that happens to be spoken rather than written.
It's weird how the same stories obsess us all. Probably the second-most read post on this blog is the one about Lee Cutler. And that ties in to the tragedy of Christopher McCandless. It was that book about McCandless's strange and final journey, Into the Wild, which so infected Lee Cutler with the idea of just taking off, vacating one's life. I had the thought before the interviewer even spoke it when he put up the last photo of McCandless. Why on earth are you taking a picture of yourself smiling when you've nearly starved to death in the wilderness and went there for no discernible earthly reason. He was living out of an abandoned school bus in the Alaskan wild. Amazing Werner Herzog didn't follow the smell of death to that story. Or maybe I just missed that one?
And when the WIRED writer began talking about people who faked their deaths, I knew instantly which stories he was going to mention. The spoiled brat who embezzled millions and then put a plane he was flying on auto-pilot and parchuted out (endangering who knows how many) after sending a fake distress signal was the first story that came to mind. Investigation Discovery has shows that cover all these stories. That one has appeared in more than one incaration. I have to admit I totally disbelieved his wife on the episode of Who the BLEEP Did I Marry? She should be very grateful all those charges were dropped and the public bought her innocent act. But for anyone who studies voice stress, you know when someone's giving you a line of hooey like she does on that show.
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- AnonymousJune 22, 2012 at 8:57 PM
I'm a private investigator from Australia. My opinion and theory after reading and watching on the mcstays is that something went wrong on the boarder.ReplyDelete
I believe the mcstays were going to adopt a child from Mexico through some shady people which they didn't know at the time. Summer wanting to know Spanish and the research on the computer about children and Mexico adds up to this theory. On the day they left it was because they were awaiting a call to give them the all clear they must have got a call or message to come straight away which prompted them to leave suddenly. There was toys purchased in the car boot which indicates summer wanted to buy some new toys for the new addition. They did not tell their family as it was to be a surprise.
They left the car and house in a state which clearly indicates they had every intention of returning and it wouldn't take long for them to pick up the new child. The whole family went as there was probably some reason like the mexican family wanted to meet everyone or they wanted to make it a family adventure for the boys to meet their new sibling together.
They crossed the boarder with no bags or items and with the car location they planned on crossing back that night however once they got across something went wrong and the plan turned bad.
Maybe they needed the money upfront, the mcstays felt something and questioned it, it was a ploy to get the boys and sell them who knows but that was the mcstays intention. What happened after them crossing was not planned. I believe the parent are most likely dead. What was supposed to be happy turned bad.Replies
- AnonymousOctober 9, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Excellent analysis, logical - but it would seem that the McStays would have left some evidence of communicating with the parties purporting to have the child (appears to have been represented to be a girl from the type of toys found in the SUV).Delete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2012 at 6:54 PM
What about the four day gap between the time they left their home, the parking of the SUV and their crossing the border ?Delete
To Anonymous- wow...I have to say, great theory. We just don't know. Joseph's brother has gone on to adopt, so your theory could be close to home.ReplyDelete
William- I have a question maybe you can help me with. As we know, Summer was lying about her age by 11 years. My question for you is- do you think Joey must have known Summer's real age? The reason I ask is because I just don't see how a spouse could not know their partner's true age. They lived together. Surely he had seen her Driver's License several times.
Hi Pearl. I think he knew. I think he knew about the other messed up misrepresentations too. I think he accepted her as she was because he loved her. But he must have known the oddities. I wonder if her driver's licenses even had her correct age on them. I thought her real age only came out when Interpol discovered it?ReplyDelete
That's what I'm confused on- I know people can easily lie about their weight on their Driver's License but I would think it would be impossible to lie about your age. It is true that Interpol discovered her true age, which is how Joey's family found out her true age. So Joey must have known, but just didn't tell anyone...unless she somehow had connections and her Driver's License had her false age on it.ReplyDelete
Hi Pearl. She could have easily started out with a completely false birth certificate. Or doctored hers to read what she wanted. I'm just speculating, same as you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2012 at 11:48 PM
I have input the wrong birthdate on my DL in the past and without question was given a DL with the incorrect birthyear"ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2012 at 11:53 PM
I am very curious as to where they went off to... Very interesting that it took them "3 years" to find a home to purchase and when they finally decided to buy a home the real estate market was severely in the negative. There was not very many people looking to actually purchase a home in this area of SD County in 2010.ReplyDelete
Maybe Summer accidentally killed one of the boys ( anger issues?) and then called Joseph to tell him to come home and they decided to disappear for fear of her likely prosecution. Explains leaving the dogs, not accessing funds and if this happened they would likely drop everything (leave the eggs, popcorn bowls) and leave. Maybe they buried the body by that bridge and planned their escape for 4 days. It would explain so much based on the limited info we have and I am sure there is much info we don't know. Just a thought.ReplyDelete
Grim scenario, Trish. I hope you're wrong, but I could see that as a very remote possibility. But your theory could fit the psychological dynamics. I don't believe that's what happened though, I'm happy to say. It would be rare for a spouse to completely cover for a spouse (J.M. clearly loves his kids--I use present tense deliberately) with something that horrible. But I'm sure it's happened in the past in rare cases.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 3, 2012 at 9:01 PM
don't buy some of the above...accidental murder? no because the footage of all four crossing the border I believe is definitely them because of the time coincidence with their car being abandoned. If they had no passports they weren't intending to come back, but those toys in the back of the car really puzzle me. The fact that they made no cash withdrawals after they vanished suggests they had a lot of money with them maybe in the small bag Joseph seems to be carrying as he crosses the border.ReplyDelete
The toys were probably to occupy the kids in a motel room somewhere (the four days before the actual crossing into Mexico). Possibly cash there, or I think more likely they did wire transfers or possibly used an express international carrier like DHL or all of the above. Probably using fake i.d.'s for all these transactions, including the motel.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 9:08 PM
William: that explains the toys and the cash although I think most of the toys were unopened (?) plus the toy cooker seems an odd toy for a couple of boys. The question remains why disappear? If you are planning to leave as their computer searches from a week before suggest, then why leave your house in such a hurry and why hang about in the United States for four days? And finally during all that time,why not make just one litte phone call to your family (who they seem to get on well with) to let them know you're ok and end their suffering. All very strange!ReplyDelete
If the house is left a mess (and it would be since they're not completing the move-in) it might look like they left "in a hurry." But there's really no evidence they left in a hurry. I think people misread that. It's not like it was this nice, clean house. It was a mess because they were painting and buying things and throwing things anywhere. But I blogged elsewhere on this site my belief that mental illness (Summer's) is part of the explanation. I think she suffers from borderline personality disorder. It would explain a lot. And that would also explain the lack of communication. Breaking off contact for long periods of time (years sometimes) is typical of the disorder. If you want to stay with someone like that, you have to go along with their obsessions and phobias. Why not four days? I think they had more to settle with the business partners than they could have accomplished in that brief phone call for which we have a record the night they left the house.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 2:26 AM
What if Summer arranged to buy the toys from a listing on Craigslist? Joey gets home just in time to go meet the buyer. The seller disposes of Joey and Summer, steals the Trooper and takes the kids across the border.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2013 at 4:34 PM
Could it be someone who could have killed Joey and Summer and then kidnapped the kids and cross the border and wear the parents clothes for the camera at the border? I don't konw but just another theory... Maybe that's why the dogs have been left outside, no activites in their accounts, credit/debit cards??? Maybe they kept the kids 4 days in a hotel with them (the kidnappers) which would leave any trace and drove their truck, leave it there, steal their cellphones and get away with it. The toys in the trunk would be for the kids while they kept them and maybe that's why it was a fridge and sink, they bought something very fast for the kids. I also know that Joey medications were found in the truck so the kinappers wouldn't need those...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 7:03 PM
Joseph and Summer were mixed up with a drug cartel. U.S. agents fingered them and they turned,providing info, cartel found out and dispatched hit team, DEA learned of impending hit and called Joey telling him to grab the family and run to a safe house. After four days, border crossing was staged to throw off hit team and family went into Witness Protection.ReplyDelete
I just read that their bodies have been found in a California desert. So sad and still such a mystery.ReplyDelete


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Convoy Tofu HouseRead MoreFor those that appreciate spice, Convoy Tofu House serves Korean-style fare with a kick. Whether you are looking for food low in fat or gluten-free, this restaurant is the place you want to eat. Drinks here are readily available, so you can enjoy a glass of red or try something new. Bring the whole clan to Convoy Tofu House — kids and parents will love the menu and ambience here. Hop online in no time using Convoy Tofu House's free wifi. The restaurant doesn't let you book your table ahead of time, so expect a first-come, first-served policy when you visit. Whether you're coming from work or a ballgame, the dress code at laid-back Convoy Tofu House is come-as-you-are. Carry-out is also available for those who prefer to enjoy Convoy Tofu House's cooking from the comfort of their own home. Take advantage of the free parking next door to Convoy Tofu House. Prepare to spend about $30 per person when dining at Convoy Tofu House. Convoy Tofu House serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so stop by whenever is most convenient for you.4229 Convoy StSan Diego, CA US
Buga Korean Barbecue RestaurantRead MoreBoth vegetarians and carnivores can share a table at Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant — situated in San Diego's North Clairemont community, this Korean restaurant serves protein-heavy plates alongside delicious veggie dishes. Low-fat and gluten-free options are featured on the menu as well. Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant also provides alcohol, so diners don't have to worry about bringing their own bottle. Bring your whole brood to Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant, where families can dig in to tasty and kid-friendly fare together. For those big group gatherings, Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant provides plenty of space to have a good time. Give the restaurant a call to reserve your table ahead of time. You can also have Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant cater your next event. If time is of the essence, Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant's take-out option may be a better fit. For convenience, diners can park in a neighboring lot. Thrifty diners will love the reasonable prices here as well, with a meal usually costing less than $15.5580 Clairemont Mesa BoulevardSan Diego, CA US
DO Re Mi HouseRead MoreFor the best bulgogi, head to DO Re Mi House. DO Re Mi House is a fantastic spot to indulge and with no low-fat options, you'll need to save the diet for another day. DO Re Mi House's fully stocked bar is a perk for patrons who enjoy a fine wine (or more) with their meal. Families will feel right at home at DO Re Mi House with its kid-friendly menu and atmosphere. Big family? Tons of friends? Bring 'em all to DO Re Mi House — the restaurant has an awesome layout for large parties and groups. Reservations are offered, so call ahead to lock down your table. Jeans are just right for a meal at DO Re Mi House, which embraces a casual vibe. Carry-out is also available for those who prefer to enjoy DO Re Mi House's cooking from the comfort of their own home. Feed the gang at your next get-together with catering from DO Re Mi House as well. null Prices at DO Re Mi House are moderate — most diners plunk down about $30 per meal. Stop by for three square meals a day — DO Re Mi House serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.8199 Clairemont Mesa BoulevardSan Diego, CA US
Grandma Korean BBQ and TofuRead MoreA well-known restaurant in San Diego, Grandma Korean BBQ and Tofu is the perfect location for flavorsome barbeque. It's a favorite spot for visitors looking for a reasonable price and a pleasant staff. No specific attire is required, so feel free to dress casually and comfortably. Upon arrival, see if you can try the bibimbap, the bulgogi, or the kimchi, as each one will impress. You'll be glad you did! A good option for both lunch and dinner in Kearny Mesa, Grandma Korean BBQ and Tofu is a tasty choice when you're in the mood for Asian cuisine and want to get more adventurous than the typical Chinese or Japanese fare. The service, in general, is "friendly" and "good," and food is "authentic" and "great." Specifically, the dumplings are touted as "good," Also, its pricing is known to be "delicious" and "great," while the booth is "hilarious." Don't worry about trying to find a spot on the street, as visitors to the restaurant do have access to a private parking lot nearby.4425 Convoy StSan Diego, CA US


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The 2012 Summer Olympics in London are only a month away, and almost all of the athletes have already qualified or are in the process of qualifying to represent their home country.
This is the best time of year for any fan of the Olympics. There are athletes fighting with everything they have left to make their national teams—many of them women.
Now, I understand that some of these women might not make it or have not qualified yet, but let's just pretend that they will all make it. And if not, you still have a name of a beautiful female athlete to admire for the next four years.
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Kabir (c. 1440–1518), the North Indian devotional or bhakti poet, was born in Benares (now Varanasi) and lived in the fifteenth century. Next to nothing is known of his life, though many legends surround him. He is said to have been a weaver, and in his resolutely undogmatic and often riddling work he debunks both Hinduism and Islam. The songs of this extraordinary poet, philosopher, and satirist, who believed in a personal god, have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium.
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Family:Â Parents, Jeff and Linda Potter
Hometown:Â Poulsbo, Washington
Unit:Â 41 Electronic Combat Squadron
Job title:Â EC-130H Navigator / 41 ECS flight scheduler
Job description:Â Fuel/Flight Planning, Air Refueling Timing and Coordination, Terrain Avoidance & RNP-5 Navigation
Most rewarding job aspect:Â Working on a crew aircraft with professional aviators
Goals:Â Find the joy in whatever it is that I do for both my career and personal life
Hobbies:Â Golf, Long Distance Running, Billiards, and Skeet Shooting, Stand-up comedy
Favorite performer:Â Bill Murray
Favorite dish:Â Liver and some fava beans with a nice Chianti
I'm proudest of: The work ethic instilled upon by my parents
Best asset:Â Sense of humor
Person I admire most:Â Bill Murray
Pet peeve:Â Passing the Buck
What I like most about D-M:Â The beautiful weather, the outdoor activities, and of course being able to fly the mighty EC-130H as a professional navigator.
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Why Your Business Should Be on YouTube
by Megan Deese, Marketing Intern at Bride Attraction
YouTube has more marketing potential than you might realize. It is the second largest search engine and largest video site on the Internet and it has more share-ability than other platforms across the board (even over Vimeo)!
Why else should you have your own YouTube channel and how can you market your business effectively with this social media tool?
YouTube is a rapidly growing social media website and has large accessibility.
Over 800 million people visit YouTube and over 4 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube. And YouTube isn't just on the computer! It can also be accessed by mobile phones at any time, anywhere. According to YouTube statistics, traffic from mobile devices tripled in 2011. And don't forget that YouTube is a social media website – not just a place to upload videos. You can add friends, subscribe to channels, "like" videos, and add comments.
YouTube is engaging for your audience.
Videos can create a stronger connection with the viewer. Most people are also more likely to watch a video, especially if it interesting and relates to them. The most important thing to remember is that your video content must be compelling and related to what you are trying to sell. Include expert tips and interviews, how-to's, frequently asked questions, upcoming events, and advertise your product in videos. With YouTube you also have the ability to interact with viewers and respond to their feedback.
Brand your YouTube channel – make it your own and make your channel stand out!
Don't have a generic layout or theme on your page. Put your feature video on autoplay so that when people visit your site you will immediately be talking to them and getting them engaged. Create a playlist of your most popular and best videos that can be seen on the right side of the page. Also make sure your title is relative to the videos, be specific in the video's description, link everything to your website, and add tags to make your video more findable.
Link your YouTube channel to other social media websites.
Share your videos on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, StumbleUpon and other social media websites that you use, and also add widgets to your page so that viewers can share a video they like directly with their friends on their personal social media websites. Also add a link on your website to your YouTube channel.
Learn more about your audience with the new and improved YouTube Analytics.
It is important to know your audience, what they liked and what they didn't and which videos were viewed the most. With YouTube Analytics, data is presented in a more useful and interactive way. You can read a quick overview, get more detailed reports, see audience retention, discover which videos are driving the most views and subscriptions, and even view demographics. To learn more about how to use YouTube Analytics and all that it offers read the Creators Playbook at http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/playbook.html.
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About "You And Me"
Lyrics for LL Cool J - "You And Me"
Word up
And you say New York City
A-ha-ha, word up (Take me away, baby)
Damn, you and your man had beef
So he left you Uptown, teary eyed, on the back streets
For me to scoop up in the Bentley drop
Long as God hold me down you know I had to stop
What the deal ma? You want to use my cell?
You running solo? This block foul as hell
You said my ex be beating on me
He mad jealous even though he be cheating on me
I said miss, let me tell you something
Bout who's making major moves and who's fronting
Huh, who's talking loud but ain't saying nothing
And those who get the one they want but keep fronting
He don't appreciate the well til it run dry
Love is blind, it's hard to say goodbye {goodbye}
But smart birds choose to fly
Cause we living in the hood girlfriend, it's do or die
Here's my definition, of love everlasting
I would trade all my cash in, for passion
Tiffany jewels and designer fashions
To hear happiness is mine for the asking
Every day on my knees I pray
That I would run into someone that make me feel this way
What you think, you want to ride with L?
Some things are meant to be baby, you never can tell
{I want to ride, with you baby}
Every night, every day
I just sit and dream about you
You and me, you and me,
Hold me tight, ecstasy
Making love til ever after
Baby you and me, yeah, you and me
Now we dipping on the FDR
It's one of them lucky nights when you can peep out the stars
We speak without talking and the world is ours
When I glance over at ya I can feel your power
You scheming, L want a one-night stand
I'm scheming, she probably in love with her man
But we keep on rolling, hoping there's something more
Dreaming about tomorrow and what life got in store
Living, no drama, we can chill, relax
Sex all night in the morn' count stacks
Sip Grand Marnier and maybe puff a dime sack
But only in moderation, we ain't living like that, ya know?
We jetted up the tavern on the green
To talk about love cause the game's extreme
Domestic abuse and everything in between
Cause I want you to think of me when you need a shoulder to lean on
I'm from Queens, I'ma rep to the fullest
But I'd rather chill with you, 'stead of dodging bullets
Glock in the stash I don't really want to pull it
On some so-called thug cat, that's faker than acrylics
He said your fam' be riding your nerves
And you hate him for never giving you the life you deserve
Remember, the one who hold a grudge is foul
And everything you ever wanted is in front of you now
Whats up?
I promise you, dreams do come true
There's trials and tribulations that we all go through
When your heart's bleeding, how could the sky seem blue?
But listen up shorty, this is what I want to do
Be there for you, baby care for you
When my dogs stare at you never sharing you
And to my ex-girlfriend, never comparing you
And do the things that your ex never dared to do
Time to bounce baby, I'm taking you home
Look at the moonlight sparkle on the 20 inch chrome
The rocks on my hand got a life of they own
Plus the blend tape's bumping and it's setting the tone
Should I jet to the hotel, is now the right time
Or should I be patient and explore your mind?
You said you grew up in the ghetto and it hurt your heart
Tried to live smart but your dreams fell apart
You dated hustlers and brought 'em customers
They totally destroyed whatever trust their was
Now you hate men and everything they stand for
Cause you want to be treated like a queen, not a whore
Close your eyes, don't be afraid to dream
Open your heart to this cat from Queens
Whatever you want to do, however you want to do it
Back to back baby, we can get each other through it
[Chorus: x3]
Know mean? Word up
Yeah, yeah
See'mon, see'mon
See'mon, see'mon
I just want you to think about that, ya know what I'm saying?
Late at night when you laying there
And you feel like the whole world is falling around you
Remember these words that I said
There's somebody out there for you baby
Might be me, you never know,
Word up, stay strong shorty
Keep your eyes up to the sky, know what I'm saying?
Don't let nobody tell you you can't make it
And don't let nobody around you tell you
That it ain't possible to make your dreams come true
Word up,
Know mean? That's real
Queens represent, rock on


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Children On Social Networking Sites
Pssst. Hey kid! Want to earn a quarter? Tell your friends about this cool new video game, and it's yours.
Silly? Not really. Not when you consider a new survey out of the UK that suggests 49% of kids aged between 8 and 17 have a social media profile.
The Ofcom report looks into the impact of social networks on people's lives in the UK as part of a wider media literacy campaign and surveyed 5,000 adults and more than 3,000 children.
"Social networks are clearly a very important part of people's lives and are having an impact on how people live their lives," said James Thickett, director of market research at Ofcom.
Why is this important to internet marketers? It should be obvious, but I'll spell it out. Think of all the 20+ years olds that grew-up using search engines such as Google. What do we have now? Millions of young men and women entering the workplace, all acutely aware of just how beneficial search engines can be.
Fast forward 10 years or so and those 8 to 17-year olds, who admit to having a social network profile, will hit the workforce. When they do, they'll have a new mindset: valuable information can be found, not in a search engine, but in a network of people with similar interests.
If you're strictly a search engine marketer, make hay while the sun's still shining. I predict you've got about 10 years left to make the good money. After that, you'd better have a few social media marketing tricks up your sleeve, otherwise you could find you're obsolete and back in that corporate job you worked so hard to escape–probably working for a 21-year old that does "get" social media.
(The report also looks at the real dangers kids face from revealing too much info on social networks. That doesn't fit with our internet marketing focus, but go read it anyway!)


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WACO, TEXAS — A Fort Hood soldier suspected of having pipe bombs has been arraigned on a federal charge of possession of an unregistered destructive device.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokeswoman Franceska Perot says Jason Alan Garthwaite Sr., of Copperas Cove, was arraigned Thursday.
Garthwaite was ordered held without bond. His attorney had no comment Friday.
According to arrest affidavits, Copperas Cove police went to Garthwaites home Tuesday after someone reported he made a strange request to have a bag removed from his house. After the bags discovery, police and a bomb squad searched the house.
The III Corps Public Affairs Office told the Killeen Daily Herald that Garthwaite, an Army specialist, is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.


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Organic Twilight Tour (Postponed)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Durham Horticulture Farm
1221 Hog Mountain Road
Merritt Melancon
The tour has been postponed to a later date.
UGA organic and sustainable agriculture experts will host the second annual Organic Twilight Tour at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences organic research farm in Watkinsville.
This year's tour of the Durham Horticulture Farm will include talks about ongoing research on the farm. Gardeners, farmers and students can learn from this year's demonstration topics, which include apple variety trails, micro-irrigation, squash diseases, summer vegetable production, summer cover crops and others. The tour last year brought in more than 100 visitors.
Registration is not required, and admission is free.
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How does the latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto series, a series littered with controversy over violence, sex, racism, sexism, drunk-driving, marijuana-use, torture, etc. reach such mainstream appeal and how is it affecting society? How is violence portrayed in the game?
A mod of the classic game Block Breaker. You are surrounded by blocks. You can only destroy blocks of the same color as your ball, change the ball color by hitting it with a different side of the paddle. Protect your "health blocks" that are in the center of the screen. Lose them all and you fall back a level.
In this paper the plans for the creation of the GCS Arcade Cabinet, history of arcade cabinets in America and Japan and GCS's culture are all explored in depth with the end goal of discovering the hoped for long-term affects of the GCS Arcade Cabinet project.
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Orly Nail Polish - Blush Collection
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Fall in love and step into spring. True beauty blooms in Spring's fingertips with Blush, the wistful new color collection from Orly.
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L'Agent by Agent Provocateur's apron has been designed in collaboration with Mónica and Penélope Cruz. This red tulle and lace piece is appliquéd with a sweet love heart. The brand is all about matching sets, so team yours with the bra and briefs.
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text: Evelyn Carson | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information Official Broadway League sites: - sites - broadway.org broadwayleague.com broadwayfanclub.com kidsnightonbroadway.com stagespecs.org tonyawards.com Quick Search For: In This Category: All Show People/Org. Theatre Season Evelyn Carson Performer Female Productions ProductionsDate of ProductionsThe Slim Princess[Musical, Comedy, Original] Performer: Evelyn Carson [Chorus]Jan 02, 1911 - Apr 01, 1911 Find out where Evelyn Carson and are credited together © 2001-2015, The Broadway League, All Rights Reserved. (Copyright and Disclaimer)


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Students are advised to take our Placement Test before undertaking this programme as it is best suited for students with an intermediate or higher level of English proficiency.
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Review: So You Think You Can Dance - 2 of 16 Voted Off
I hope that the show was really live because there were some awkward camera angles, a microphone that wasn't adjusted in the beginning, and graphics that appeared out of nowhere. Luckily, it was adjusted in the first five minutes, but it shows that SYTYCD was depending on their pre-taped nature for the past few weeks.
Group Performance - Warrior Pt. 2 Lloyd Banks - Group performance starts with all the men and sadly, I saw that both Victor and Nathan didn't fit the character; the rest looked like extras. The women's arm section didn't feel right. One positive? They should continue to have Ryan in as little amounts of clothes as possible.
Know your dance moves - Dominic from season three (and America's Best Dance Crew) tests the audience on certain dance moves. The three moves were Développé, Ponche, and Bachacada.
Musical Guests - Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (Linda Celeste Sims, Clifton Brown, and Constance Stamatiou) "Episodes" Robert Ruggeri - Watching them dance was so graceful, just the backwards motion that the woman was doing was powerful. They channeled the emotions in the music and were just great. Somehow they didn't get swallowed by the stage.
The bottom three couples are Ryan & Ellenore, Pauline & Peter, and Karen & Kevin. Nigel warns the dancers that they have to learn lessons. He calls Nathan immature and one person in the audience claps, while everyone boos. Sadly, it's true: the young girls will vote for both Mollee & Nathan well before they consider an old divorcee.
Ellenore - "Eleanor" Alexa Woodward - I like how she did a song involving her name. She has the quirky/cool nature that Mark from Season Four had, but not as strongly.
Ryan - "Jump With my Baby" Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Latin/Ballroom dancers are at a disadvantage doing solos; Ryan did a decent job without resorting to taking off his shirt. The military outfit felt like a lazy cop-out of Peter's last night. The flip routine's landing wasn't the best.
Pauline - "Took the Night" Chelley - Although she fell out of her turn, I thought that it was an interesting mix of contemporary with a sassy hip-hop. Again, there wasn't much content here.
Peter - Peter decides to go sans music (very smart), and I think he did a really good job. I liked the bottom half a lot better than his top, but the flailing arms weren't enough.
Karen - "Celia Y Tito" Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - I really think that Karen didn't do enough in her solo. It was sexy, but it was a lot of slick poses and "look at me, I'm sexy" motions.
Kevin - "I Question Mark" Wade Robson - I thought Kevin did some strong tutting work, his tricks were really fun to watch, even though he did the fall backwards move twice.
The judges make their decision and the decisions were both unanimous. Nigel tells all the dancers that they didn't do strong enough solos, as Season Five did. These dancers need a wake-up call. Nigel thinks that Karen's sensuality may hinder younger audiences, Ellenore's quirkiness needs a competitive edge, Pauline's charisma is stronger than her dance work. Pauline is cut.
Nigel critiques the men: Ryan needs to do his gymnastics better and he needs to work on his solo, Peter hasn't had star quality yet, Kevin has improved. Peter is the last tapper standing, but I guess he didn't go too far because he was cut.
I thought Adam hit the nail on the head when he called Pauline "advanced classroom." Other than the tennis ball ankle, I only remember her smile. As for Peter, I hoped that at least one tapper would make it to the Top 10. Here's hoping for next season. Were the right people eliminated? Leave comments below.
(If anyone was looking for The Simpsons reference, it was right after Dominic's K-Mart piece.)


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Atmospheric indie band Animal Kingdom has released "Strange Attractor," the first single off of its upcoming sophomore LP for Mom + Pop imprint Boombox. As of now, the band hasn't released a title for the new album, which was produced Bat For Lashes/ Everything Everything producer David Kosten.
Animal Kingdom spent the writing and rehearsal process in an old church in London, which fits with the beautiful grandiosity of its new single. "Strange Attractor" sees the band continuing to perfect its sonic wave rock coupled with Richard Sauberlich's soaring vocals.
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Welcome to the homepage and (somewhat) serious blog of Christine Lucas, writer of historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction and their occasional blend-ins. Oh, and cat stories too.
She was born and raised in Athens (of the country of Greece). The English language found her when she was five years old via her mother with an English Lit background, and stayed with her ever since, insisting on daily sacrifices of poetry and prose. She grew up in a pre-Internet era and in a society where the aspiration of becoming a writer attracted many funny stares. Very much like telling people that you're off to Hollywood to become a star. Yeah.
So a career in the military seemed like the sane thing to do. Well, not to Christine, but let's not go there. Long, painful story.
Twenty years of service later, with a honorable discharge due to medical reasons (that 'sane' thing mentioned above) she decided to start typing the stories that played on inside her head ('sane', you said?). She even joined writing workshops and took writing lessons.
Hmm, cat stories, you say? Fantasy cat stories? Hon, you'll never get published writing that sort of stuff.
She heard that comment, and variations of it, many times, from many people. Thankfully, there were editors out there who thought otherwise. Or, perhaps, editors with cats that thought otherwise. Including awesome editor Ellen Datlow, who chose Christine's short story "Dominion" (from ASIM #37) to feature in her cat-themed anthology "Tails of Wonder and Imagination" for Night Shade Books (out now – February 2010).
And Christine never regretted her choice to write fantasy, historical fiction and science fiction. Oh, and cat stories too.
And that was the sane thing to do.
…and look what the cat dragged in.
A writer who forgot how to write. And now struggles to remember.
Thankfully, although I took a long break from writing, I didn't take a break from reading, so everything came back to me after a while. Jumping right in with Liberty Hall's Flash Challenges every weekend helped a lot too.
The difficult part came when it was time (at long last) to ship stories out to magazines. See, my old PC, where I wrote everything until this past February, sits alone at home in the company of my poor neglected kitties. Everything I wrote or edited since February was done at the bf's home, on my new laptop, and its unfortunate predecessor, who didn't survive its second motherboard transplant. On this new laptop I have no Microsoft Office and, given the situation here, I don't think I can afford to buy a copy any time soon. So, I have to work on Libre Office. Which is fine, as far as writing goes.
And then comes the time to format the story to Standard Manuscript Format.
Ohai thar, my old pal Headache. And I see you've brought your cousin Migraine along.
Not only had I totally forgotten how to do that in MS Word, everything in this new software is located elsewhere. The first time I tried to format a story to send it out, and mere hours before the deadline at that (it was the cat's fault I was late, really. No, really) it took me two and a half hours to do what I used to do in ten minutes tops.
Le headdesk.
Le sigh.
I think the best way to wrap up this attempt to revive this poor neglected blog is to mention about two of my stories that were published during my long absence, and both very dear to my heart.
The first one is "What now, Callisthenes?", published in the Triangulation: Morning After anthology. Written in second person POV, an experiment that apparently worked, this story deals with a popular Greek legend regarding the fate of Thessalonike, the sister of Alexander the Great. It was one of the recommended stories in Tangent Online's 2012 list, and had an awesome review in Future Fire.
The other one is still very dear to my heart: "Ouroboros", in the Other Half of the Sky anthology. There's too much I can tell about this one that it requires its own post, and the anthology's editor, Athena Andreadis, has my eternal gratitude for believing in the story.
I have four more stories lined up for publication, but each of them will have its own post, once I know more about the specifics.
Well. It's good to be back. So I guess now I can go and gawk at the open document and the unfinished story I'm supposed to be working on.
It is, of course, the cat's fault.
I just stumbled upon a nice review of the Arcane #2 Anthology, which has nice things to say about my story "Lady of the Crossroads":
"…Love the Greek mythos, and how the author weaved the clash of the sexes without it coming off as man-hating. And an excellent ending to wrap things up."
I'd like to add that the protagonist in this story is an old, blind grandma who kicks ass because of her choices and not, say, a tall redhead in chainmail bikini armor wielding a big phallic sword.
…and it's nice to NOT be called a 'feminazi' for a change… *sigh*
Writing-wise, the past week has been good. I submitted one story, and wrote two, none of which currently in submittable state, but hopefully I'll have enough feedback mid-week to send at least one out.
Also, today I flashed, after a long time, over at Liberty Hall. I had forgotten how much fun flashing is, especially when the Muse comes up with something unexpected. (While the Mews are totally predictable and *whinewhimpercomplain* the entire time I'm trying to write). And I really like the little story I produced. It's highly unlikely it will remain at flash length (very few stories of mine do), but I like it anyway.
On the other hand, writing has been extremely frustrating in the last year. For starters, I haven't sold anything in the last six months or so. This is, for the most part, due to the fact that I haven't been writing many stories up to a submittable stage. And then, most of what I have out is still with the editors, who take forever to get back to me.
Only adding to my frustration is the fact that, of all the stories I sold last year, only two have seen print. The others are still waiting publication. For some, like ASIM and the Quiet Shelter There anthology, I knew that they wouldn't be out until Summer 2012. Others, like Warrior Wisewoman #4, have encountered financial issues. Others, I have no idea where they're at.
It's not a money issue for me. Well, at least not *just* a money issue. I just feel that the initial joy of getting that acceptance letter got flushed down the drain by circumstances beyond my control.
I'm guessing that the best cure for this is to write more. Send more stories out. Balance the scales over these "unfortunate" stories. But there are times when this is getting very, very hard.
Little Shorty (Stumbos in Greek) is currently on my lap while I'm trying to finish that darned story. He is, of course, purring at road construction level. What do you think this purring can mean?
a. You saved me from the gutter and certain death! I love you, Mommy!
b. You saved me from the gutter and certain death! Now it's your DUTY to pet and cuddle me and give me noms and pet me again, until the End of Days! (Yours, not mine. I have nine lives. NEENER, NEENER.)
…yeah, I'm pretty sure it's #b.
One of my goals this year is to be more consistent with my writing. Moreover, I aim to rediscover the Lost Fun of Writing. And, by goal, I don't mean a New Year's Resolution. My kittehs laugh at those. And then pee all over them. Which what generally happens to them, by the end of the year, figuratively speaking. Or not.
Anyway, I'll give another go to this Write 1 Sub 1 thing. I tried it last year, and then Life happened, which included computer woes, sick cats, health issues and ongoing financial troubles. On the other hand, a large part of 2011 consists of empty days: I cannot recall what I did during those times, especially from February to May. But I do recall how every one of my stories came to be, even though it was painful at times: I had to endure heat without a/c, my back and shoulders hurt, I came out of my study (or back from my coffee shop) to find kitteh chaos but, in the end, I had my stories.
I don't want any more empty days.
So I'll give that W1S1 thing another go. Pretending, of course, that Week One did not exist.
Week 2:
Write 1: Expanded a Liberty Hall Flash from 1000 words to 4000. Historical Dark Fantasy, based on a mix of Aegean myths and inspired from the works of Greek poet Nikos Kavadias. It was a challenge to write: First Person POV, present tense, and a male POV at that. The setting was also a challenge: early 16th century Barbary Coast. I had to research a gazillion little things for every other line: food, spices, currency, clothes, expressions, evil eye traditions, naval terminology (shoot me now), and many more. But I loved the outcome.
Sub 1: The above-mentioned story. But I won't say where. All this research about the Evil Eye rubbed off some superstition on me. I fear that if I say more, I'll jinx it.
Anyway, off to work on my Week 3 assignment. And I hope I'll be able to keep it up.
Until, that is, Diablo 3 comes out. Oh, hello there, Black Hole of my days… :/
In one of my writers' forums, there's an ongoing game where one replaces word(s) from films and books with 'bacon'. The results are quite often hilarious.
And, last night, my Muse (Mews) came up with this:
On a skillet hot and greasy, cooking eggs just over-easy,
Adding bacon and sausage, breakfast for my sweet Lenore,
By my stove I'm almost napping, suddenly there was a tapping,
Clawing, scratching, mewing, rapping, rapping on my kitchen door.
Cats and kittens came a-lolling, rolling on my kitchen floor.
Tails erect and claws expanding, lolcats bacon demanding:
"Can haz bacon! Fry sum moar!"
(With my sincere (not) apologies to Mr. Poe. The cats made me do it).
An update om random (but not trivial) new things:
1. I now am an Associate Member of SFWA. *purr*
2. I can haz Interview in a friend's blog. *moar purr*
The last couple of weeks have been of the "Writing? What writing?" type, due to a number of factors, mostly health issues. And now we're entering heatwave season here, so writing won't be as easy.
And I have three deadlines in June, including WOTF. I have no story for them. Unless something fitting comes back, I might have to sit this quarter out. As for the other two, one story is researched and outlined save for a few details, and the other has a 1000-word opening that I may or may not keep.
On top of that, RBE is having their annual fundraising challenge (details here, check it out!) with a cool theme and awesome art, and I've already been bitten by a plot-kitten for that one. At least the deadline for them is far in the future, alongside next quarter's WOTF, so I have time for this. I hope.
Oh well. At least I flashed (sort of) this week over at Liberty Hall. I've given up hope that my stories will remain at flash length.
- Death to Courier New. Standard Manuscript Formatting should be done in Comic Sans.
- Refreshing the Duotrope "Recent Responses" page every fifteen seconds won't get the editors to get back to you any faster. No, really, it won't.
- More cover letters should be written in Standard Lolcat. "O Hai. U can haz sabmishun. I can haz contrakt nao?"
- If you're not already owned by one, get a cat (or more). Then you can blame your typos on them. Like misspelling your own name. And especially when you misspell the editor's name.
- When all else fails, remember that most good editors are cat-owned. Have your cats contact them through mew.com, provide the appropriate brib-, um, offerings of catnip and tuna, and sit back and relax while the editing kittens purr hypnotic suggestion into their humans' brains.
This works with d*g-owned editors too, but you'll have to contact the Paw Hammer branch of Interpurr for them.
Back to my poor, neglected story now. Ooh, look, catnip!


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Report: Porsche Macan to debut at LA Auto Show
Filed under: LA Auto Show, Performance, SUV, Europe, Porsche, Luxury
Auto Express reports Porsche will unveil the upcoming Macan SUV at this year's LA Auto Show. Citing an unnamed "insider," AE says that the five-door will bow with engines, suspension and interior architecture that will help differentiate it from its Audi Q5 chassis mate. Big shocker there. We've been hearing the same line since we first caught word of the Macan back when it was still rolling around under the Cajun name. The report does shed some light on the model's pricing, however. That same insider says the Porsche Macan will carry a price tag of 36,000 pounds.
What does that mean for American buyers? Do some quick math based on current conversion rates, and average UK and US prices, and we come up with a sticker of roughly $42,000 here in the land of the free. That fits in line with the rest of the company's stable, with the larger Cayenne starting at $49,600.
Still, we'll wait for more concrete word before jumping behind the AE report wholeheartedly. The 2013 LA Auto Show gets going in late November.
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On Saturday I posted about a free MySpace Business Training program our mentor Tom Antion is giving away. If you've been following this blog you know I've been experimenting with MySpace as a business tool. But, I didn't post about the training on this blog; I posted it on Build a Better Blog, so you might not have seen it!
I don't want to leave you out so here's a link to the info and how to get your free copy of the training.


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The U. S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division has initiated a Land Cover Characterization Program in response to the need for land cover and vegetation data for inventory, monitoring, modeling, and management in the public and private sectors. The Program's general goal is a multi-scale, multi-purpose land characteristics data base. Customer needs, source data, and analytic techniques, form the basis of the program's four components. The small scale component uses satellite imagery acquired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR). Multidate satellite imagery have been analyzed and combined with ancillary data to produce a multilevel, geographically referenced land cover data base for global change research. Landsat thematic mapper data are the source for the intermediate-scale component that delivers processed satellite data and ancillary data sets to cooperators. The USGS will synthesize a national land cover characterization from cooperators' results. Current activity in the large-scale component uses digital orthophotoquadrangles (DOQ) as a source for land cover and land use interpretations in selected urban areas for the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. A special projects component will accommodate cooperative activities in areas where standard products are not satisfactory. The USGS Land Cover Characterization Program is compatible with current concepts of government operations, the changing needs of the land use and land cover data users, and the technological tools with which the data are applied.
The USGS has a long heritage of leadership and innovation in land use and land cover mapping. The USGS Anderson system (Anderson, and others, 1976) defined the paradigm for land use and land cover mapping that has been the model both nationally and internationally for over 20 years. USGS scientists successfully applied these principles by mapping the United States. Recently, the USGS demonstrated the utility of multi- purpose land cover characteristics data bases, which build on the previous USGS efforts (Loveland, and others, 1991; Reed and others, 1994). The land characterization approach involves the interpretation of multi-resolution and multi-temporal data into flexible data bases describing landscape types, processes, and conditions. The results of the research phase have been broadly accepted within the national and international environmental assessment community (Steyaert, and others, 1994).
The land cover characterization program (LCCP) is founded on the premise that the nation's needs for land cover and land use data are diverse and increasingly sophisticated. The range of projects, programs, and organizations that use land cover data to meet their planning, management, development, and assessment objectives have expanded significantly. The reasons for this are numerous, and include the improved capabilities provided by geographic information systems (GIS), better and more data intensive analytic models, and increasing requirements for improved information for decision making.
The LCCP builds on the heritage and success of previous USGS land use and land cover programs and projects. It will be compatible with current concepts of government operations, the changing needs of the land use and land cover data users, and the technological tools with which the data are applied. The program is founded on the following guiding principles:
Land characteristics data bases that are compatible with previous USGS land use and land cover products and compatible with Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards. This is essential so that there is continuity that allows analysis of land use and cover change.
Inter-agency partnerships. The USGS will actively solicit the involvement of other federal and state agencies in all aspects of the program, including funding, planning, mapping, and applications. This program will assist federal agencies in combining their agency efforts to characterize the landscape. No single organization can afford the cost of a national land characterization program.
There is no one product that satisfies all users or their applications. Therefore, the program will be based on a flexible data base strategy that facilitates both standardized categorized land use, land cover, and land characteristics describing landscape processes and dynamics.
Multi-resolution products will be designed for use at the local, regional, and national levels.
User driven and implemented on a cooperative basis. This will assure allocation of efforts to pressing national priorities.
Provide cyclic data that permit analysis of landscape change.
The LCCP is based on an integrated strategy of research, applications, production, and data management.
One land cover product for the Nation would simply be inadequate. The LCCP thus consists of four components, each with unique but complementary land cover, land use, and ancillary data products which are:
1.Small scale (1:2,000,000) national and global land cover characteristics data produced periodically from coarse resolution (e.g., 1-km) remotely sensed data.
2.Intermediate scale (1:100,000) national land cover characteristics data produced on a cyclic basis from intermediate scale remotely sensed data such as data from the Landsat thematic mapper (TM).
3.Large scale (1:24,000) land use/land cover data for metropolitan areas and other areas experiencing rapid growth. Generally, this component will use the digital orthophotoquadrangle data as a mapping source.
4.Special projects will be conducted, as needed, to produce unique land cover characteristics data in situations in which the first three standard products do not satisfy user requirements.
As stated in the guiding principles, all four components will be developed through partnerships that include public and private participants. The following sections summarize the key aspects of each component. Note, however, that product definitions, timing, and other specific features will be thoroughly reviewed and refined during the first year of the program.
The small - scale product will be a land cover characteristics raster data base with a grid cell size of 1-km2. The product will be designed for use in ongoing national operational programs with requirements for coarse resolution, nationally consistent data. This data set will be produced on a ten-year cycle corresponding to national population census periods. An experimental 1990 data base produced by the USGS is currently available (Loveland and others, 1993). The next national update will be in the year 2000.
Initially, the data set will be produced from advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data. Data from advanced sensors, such as the Moderate resolution imaging spectrometer (MODIS) may be used in the future. This product includes:
Seasonal land cover regions as the spatial component. They represent common mosaics of land cover, phenology, and landscape biophysical processes. See Loveland and others, 1995 for a description of seasonal land cover regions.
Attributes describing each region, including land cover types, vegetation components, phenology, spectral measures, and site characteristics (political boundaries, hydrology, elevation, general soils, climate, and ecoregions).
Derived thematic maps that are based on a translation of the seasonal land cover regions into common land cover classification legends; these include USGS Anderson System (Anderson and others, 1976), National Terrestrial Land Cover (Jennings, 1995), Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer scheme (Dickenson, 1986), and Simple Biosphere Model (Sellers and others, 1986).
Source data used in the development of the data base, including all non proprietary satellite data and related earth science data sets.
A global land cover characteristics data base will be also produced as part of the LCCP. This effort is underway; a global 1-km data base produced from 1992-1993 AVHRR data will be completed by 1997. This product is intended for use in continental to global scale studies.
This product will be the primary detailed national land cover product. The data base, developed from Landsat TM satellite data or an equivalent source, will be a raster product with 30-m resolution. The data set is intended for use in regional (e.g., state, multi-county, ecoregions) land management, planning, and environmental assessment applications. As currently planned, this component will be implemented in two phases:
Phase 1: Every five years, a national preprocessed Landsat TM data set will be released by the USGS to United States Government cooperators. This data set will be georeferenced and will include appropriate ancillary data.
Phase 2: Every 10 years, the USGS will synthesize a national land cover characteristics data base. The process for the generation of this product will be based on interpretations made from a consistent, preprocessed Landsat TM data base. The primary source of these interpretations will be projects conducted by state and federal agencies, and the private sector. For example, the National Biological Service Gap analysis program, with state-level land cover mapping projects in most states, will be a key source of project-level land cover data. While the USGS will not dictate a standardized land cover legend for these projects, a set of specifications will be developed regarding minimum documentation standards. To facilitate access to the project-level data sets, the USGS will maintain an archive of land cover products developed from the national TM data base. As national land cover interpretations are completed, the USGS will synthesize the project-level interpretations into a nationally consistent classification legend, add appropriate attributes, and distribute the data base to anyone. This component is based on the current interagency land cover mapping initiative coordinated by the Multi-Resolution Land Characterization (MRLC) consortium (Loveland and Shaw, 1995).
The large-scale component will emphasize land use and land cover. Keeping with the approach developed by Anderson and others (1976), land cover will be used as a surrogate for land use. The large scale data set will be vector format and will be developed from the interpretation of digital orthophoto quadrangle data. The data set will be consistent with the 1:24,000-scale USGS quadrangle maps. Unless special circumstances arise, source data will be used that can be released with the land use and land cover interpretations. This data set will be produced for metropolitan areas and other rapidly growing parts of the country. The target is to produce land use and land cover data every 10 years for all Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The classification legend will be similar to the USGS Anderson System so that comparisons with the previous USGS land use and land cover data set are possible. However, refinement of the Anderson System is likely. The LCCP will work closely with the proposed FGDC Land Cover Subcommittee and with the NAWQA Program to define the final classification legend.
In cases where standard products will not satisfy user requirements, cooperative activities will be initiated to generate the necessary products. The modes in which special projects are conducted will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Many organizations and individuals conduct land cover and vegetation mapping, often without knowledge of each other's work. However, many of these activities are known to analysts and managers in the LCCP, and several initiatives are underway to provide coordination at state, regional, and national levels. Specifically, the Department of the Interior has created a Land Cover Working Group under the Interior Geographic Data Committee (IGDC). This working group, with membership from all DOI bureaus, will gather and publish information on each bureau's land cover and vegetation mapping plans, current activities, and related information sources. This information will be made available through the World Wide Web. In FY97, the IGDC Land Cover Working Group plans to expand its membership to other agencies under the FGDC. Because the FGDC includes 14 agencies, this working group will provide a coordination forum for all federal land cover and vegetation mapping activities. Some of these federal activities include coordination components at the national, regional, and state levels; these components will be used and expanded where appropriate. In addition, the LCCP will follow the successful MRLC Program example of coordination at the project level among agency programs with requirements for land cover data. MRLC participants include the USGS, NBS, EPA, NOAA, and USFS.
Communication of the LCCP's activities and goals will be the program's outreach focus in fiscal year 96. Information will be delivered through existing land cover and vegetation mapping projects and cooperatives, on the WWW under the USGS National Spatial Data Infrastructure node, through committees at bureau, department and agency levels, and by presentations at professional meetings and conferences. These activities will announce the program's products and schedules, and will encourage partnerships among individuals and groups with similar goals.
The USGS will work with the FGDC to establish a land cover working group. The initial charges of the working group will be to share information about federal plans and activities, develop a national land cover legend for the intermediate scale synthesized product, assist the FGDC land cover classification subcommittee and to write documentation standards for federal land cover projects.
The USGS will lead an effort to develop a crosswalk or conversion process for existing land cover classifications. With this conversion capability, valuable maps and data can be used as historic references in landscape monitoring activities.
Land cover, land use, and vegetation mapping data are essential elements in a wide array of government and private sector activities, including inventory, management, monitoring, and modeling. The time and expense required to develop land cover and vegetation data demand efficient collection and analysis procedures that allow multiple use of a single product. The LCCP reflects the U.S. Geological Survey's commitment to providing high quality land cover data for effective stewardship of the nation's resources.
Anderson, J.R., Hardy, E.E., Roach J.T., and Witmer R.E. 1976. A Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote Sensor Data. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964, Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey.
Dickinson, R.E., A. Henderson�Sellers, P.J. Kennedy, and M.F. Wilson. 1986. Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) for the NCAR Community Climate Model. NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN - 275+STR, Boulder, CO.
Jennings, M.D., 1995. Nomenclature and mapping units for gap analysis land cover data, in Technologies for Biodiversity Gap Analysis:Proceedings of the ASPRS/GAP Symposium, Charlotte, NC (in press).
Loveland, T.R., Merchant, J.W., Ohlen, D.O., and Brown, J.F., 1991. Development of a Land Cover Characteristics Data Base for the Conterminous U.S., Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 57, n. 11, p. 1453 - 1463.
Loveland, T.R., Ohlen, D.O., Brown, J.F., Reed, B.C., Merchant, J.W., and Steyaert, L.T., 1993. Prototype 1990 Conterminous United States Land Cover Characteristics Data Set CD-ROM, USGS CD-ROM Set 9307.
Loveland, T.R., and Shaw, D.M., 1995. Multiresolution Land Characterization:Building Collaborative Partnerships, in Technologies for Biodiversity Gap Analysis: Proceedings of the ASPRS/GAP Symposium, Charlotte, NC (in press).
Reed, B.C., Loveland, T.R., Steyaert, L.T., Brown, J.F., Merchant, J.W., and Ohlen, D.O., 1994. Designing Global Land Cover Databases to Maximize Utility, in Environmental Information Management and Analysis: Ecosystem to Global Scales, W.K. Michener, J.W. Brunt, and S.G. Stafford, editors: London, Francis and Taylor, p. 299 - 314.
Sellers, P.J., Y. Mintz, Y.C. Sud, and A. Dalcher. 1986. A simple biosphere model (SiB) for use within general circulation models. Journal of Atmospheric Science 43: 505-531.
Steyaert, L.T., Loveland, T.R., Brown, J.F., and Reed, B.C., 1994. Integration of Environmental Simulation Models with Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Technologies: Case Studies, in Proceedings:Pecora 12 Symposium on Land Information from Space-Based Systems, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, p. 407 - 417.


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