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As writers, we desire to influence.
Without that goal, it is pointless to even bother writing.
When you write, you present your audience with a position and you try to show them why agreeing with you is in their best interest. Sometimes you win, and earn with a powerful piece that readers connect and agree with.
Sadly though, sometimes you lose and your attempt to convince falls flat on its face.
In this post I have highlighted eight elements of persuasive writing that can tilt the balance favourably for your writing and help you convince and move any audience to take favourable action.
These strategies are not new. In fact, they are time-tested.
They have been used over the years because they work. Add this in your portfolio and edify your writings.
Focus on the reader
Your readers need to know from the start why they need to read on.
The headline should be a promise statement that is expanded in the opening paragraphs. That early in your message, the benefits stick out like a sore thumb.
Never allow the reader bother why they should bother. When they get to that point, it may be difficult to capture their attention again.
The focus on the reader should also reflect when you make an offer.
Whether you are selling an idea or a product, you need to present your offer with boldness to your reader. The benefit of consistency in your message will project you as having integrity and trust will grow.
Use Comparisons
We learn by association.
When you relate your ideas to what your readers already holds as true, most of your work is done for you.
Are you using metaphors strategically in your writing?
While metaphors have become everyday expressions, they can be very useful as strategic assets in your linguistic toolbox.
Just a shift in the position of a word or phrase can alter the meaning and make the difference between the success or failure of your communication.
Be positive, not negative.
Half full vs. half empty?
That's not where I am coming from this time.
According to Michel Fortin, it is better to use up words when you intend to influence.
Hear him:
By stating what something isn't can be counterproductive since it is still directing the mind, albeit in the opposite way. If I told you that dental work is painless for example, you'll still focus on the word "pain" in "painless."
• Instead of saying "inexpensive," say "economical,"
• Instead of saying "this procedure is painless," say "there's little discomfort" or "it's relatively comfortable,"
• And instead of saying "this software is error-free" or "foolproof," say "this software is consistent" or "stable."
Show Social Proof
In making decisions, we look to our peers to muster up boldness and to convince ourselves that the path ahead is not lonely. We are social creatures, and do not feel safe in decisions that are not collaborated.
When you link to authorities that share your views, you are leveraging a form of social proof.
When you display a large number of Feedburner subscribers, that may likely lead to faster subscriber growth, while displaying a low number can hurt you. You may be familiar with the fact that blog reader comments lead to more comments, and that displaying incoming links can get more persons to link to your post.
Social media is all about social proof. It is the world saying defiantly, you are not alone.
Repeat a phrase
Repetition is a good way to establish rhythm in your writing and pull your readers in.
When used in moderation, repetition is your friend, but overused it can reduce your writing to trash.
Calls to action present an opportunity to use repetition to good effect. Another time when repetitions can be useful is in communicating complicated information. When you are writing every day advice we have read a thousand times before, it is best to avoid repetition if possible, since on its own the information can be boring.
This one trait separates compelling writers from make-by writers, and it is not so much about grammar or vocabulary as you may think.
How this works is by first of all identifying your audience's pain points. After the identification of the pain, you can apply gentle pressure on the pain points – a process referred to as agitation – before offering solutions that can take the pain away.
Understanding how your reader thinks is very important when writing persuasively. That insight will enable you anticipate objections and proffer satisfactory explanations.
The value of your solution goes up a notch if your writing demonstrates that you both understand and feel your audience's pain.
Tell a Story
This is my favourite tool of persuasion.
Humans process information better when they are presented as stories. This is because stories do not force conclusions, but allows the reader to arrive at one 'independently'. As a result, they are easier to remember.
There is nothing as easy to forget as a dry recitation of facts.
Despite that, what we see in most marketing communications are facts on facts on facts.
"Our product has this, does this and is better than this."
That doesn't stick.
If you want your writings to be animated with vibrancy and life, if you want your writing to be memorable, you need to turn your facts into stories.
No passive voice
Passive voice gives you away as deficient in the technical knowledge of grammar.
If someone's doing something, it's active. If something was done by someone, it's passive.
What makes passive sentences less effective?
They suck the live out of your writings and leave your sentences flabby and lifeless. On the other hand, active sentences are full of energy, compact and immediate.
For example:
- Passive: The plate was broken by the boy.
- Active: The boy broke the plate.
Notice how passive voice uses more words without adding information — usually a sign of fluffy writing.
Passive voice is not always wrong. When used in the minimum, they can add balance to your structure and make your writing more realistic. The emphasis is the word "minimum".
I have listed just 8 elements here and this list is far from complete. What other elements of persuasive writing do you employ in your writing?


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Johannesburg - Lerato Tau is using her experience as a victim of sexual abuse to empower and motivate other women to take ownership of their lives.
Unlike thousands of women who marched on August 9, 1956 to protest against the pass laws, hers is a different struggle but one worth noting as South Africa marks Women's Month.
Tau has become a champion for women and girls who have experienced abuse.
The 22-year-old was raped by a trusted family friend at the age of 8 while her mother was away from home.
"I told him he was hurting me, but he did not care. It was sore. I cried a lot. When I said I was going to tell my mother, he said he was going to kill me," Tau said. She never did tell her late mother what had happened.
"I did not have the guts to tell my stepfather. I thought he was going to say I deserved it or blame me for what had happened," Tau said.
Tau now works as a facilitator at Khulisa Social Solutions, a non-profit organisation that has helped more than 1.5 million vulnerable people to reinvent their lives.
The organisation's vision is to inspire, empower and enable South African youth and marginalised groups to unlock their potential and develop skills towards building a positive future.
Tau first heard about Khulisa when a facilitator came to her school in Daveyton. But a turning point in her life was when she finished matric and joined Khulisa as a facilitator herself.
After attending the training, Tau learnt how to deal with being a survivor of abuse and was also equipped with the skills to empower other victims.
After listening to the horrendous experiences of others at Khulisa, for the first time Tau was able to relate her rape ordeal.
"That's when I realised I was a rape victim and had the courage to talk about it. I was already 21 years old. I did not understand when it happened because I was young.
"When we share our stories about abuse with other victims at Khulisa, it is different. We feel connected," Tau said.
"We feel the same pain, we are like sisters. We don't judge each other. I cried a lot as I spoke about the day I was raped. It was as if it had just happened," said Tau.
Tau co-ordinates a women's empowerment programme called Shine and has 30 facilitators working under her in Tembisa. In six months, they have reached 650 women.
The diligent facilitator targets women of all ages who have been victims of sexual violence and emotional abuse.
She runs workshops every Tuesday that raise awareness about abuse.
"I want them to put their past behind them. I share my ordeal with them to make them feel comfortable and open up about the incidents of abuse they have experienced.
"After attending the programme they are able stand up to their abusive partners and also empower other women in the community."
As part of the celebration of Women's Month, Tau will continue helping to empower other women.
"I have dedicated my life to helping victims of abuse."
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As Out magazine shows us, there have been some faaaabulous robots over the years. Obviously the Nick Swardson-voiced Gay Robot—a bit from a failed Comedy Central pilot—takes the cake, but what about the the less obvious examples? The spangly Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica? Effete C-3P0? Bitchy Hal9000?… »


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CHICAGO -- NBC's Dan Patrick is hosting the remaining games of this tight 2010 Stanley Cup Final, with Jeremy Roenick and Mike Milbury joining him on set for Sunday night's Game 5 on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.
The uber-popular sportscaster watched the Blackhawks' morning skate and agreed to switch roles, letting NHL.com ask the questions. But he started out with a short monologue on NBC colleague and Final play-by-play announcer Mike "Doc" Emrick and finished by deftly handling, naturally, an intruder to the conversation.
DP: "Doc has an ability to be part of the game, but not overshadow the game. You have to wonder what an EKG of his voice during a game would look like. He has such a capacity for the excitement of a moment but an equal ability to be calm when the game calls for it. It's like an escalator."
NHL.com: Your thoughts about being part of the Final? It is your first time hosting the Cup telecast.
DP: "I have handed out the Super Bowl trophy. I have been in this building before for championships, but there were different kinds of nets. The United Center has a great crowd and great atmosphere.
"My mother-in-law is a diehard (New Jersey) Devils fans. So for me to be here at the Stanley Cup Final with Doc Emrick (the regular-season play-by-play man for the Devils), well, that is bigger than any Super Bowl. Hands-down better to her. So I am scoring a lot of points at home.
NHL.com: First NHL game you saw in person?
DP: "The Ken Morrow overtime goal (which allowed his New York Islanders team to eliminate the rival New York Rangers during the 1984 playoffs). My producer told me after the game, 'Not all hockey games are that good.'
"My first Final was the (1985) series between the Flyers and Edmonton, with Gretzky, Coffey, Messier, Fuhr and Kurri. That Oilers team was so good, Esa Tikkanen, who was called up for the playoffs, didn't crack the lineup until the Final."
NHL.com: Any factor in hockey that sticks out compared to other major sports?
DP: "The ability to lead in this sport is different. It demands true leaders, the Messiers, bringing out a quality of leadership you don't see across all sports. Hockey players lead by example and lift their teams (more than other sports).
NHL.com: Were you a hockey fan as a child?
DP: "Definitely. My teams were the Dayton Gems and later, the Cincinnati Stingers. I might have seen [former ESPN colleague Barry] Melrose play -- not that I would have remembered it."
NHL.com: There seems to be a national buzz about this Final. Agree?
DP: "Definitely. First of all, it's Philly and Chicago, two big cities with close proximity. Both teams have proud traditions. There are good guys and villains.
"Our job is to re-invest the audience into the people and storylines. For example, we will talk about Pronger as not only a Hall-of-Fame defenseman, but an agitator. ... I covered Pronger when he was just a kid with St. Louis. He was funny, then, too. Now he is older and more snarky."
Enter Intruder Mike Milbury: "Hey, Bob, are you really talking hockey with Dan? Is that possible?"
Milbury, wearing a yellow short-sleeve shirt, tails out, walked away to laughter, including from Patrick.
Final word from DP (to his NBC producers): "Tell Milbury when he's done with that shirt, give it back to Jerry Mathers as the 'Beaver.'"


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DEP spokesman John Poister says fines are likely against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Allegheny Health Network, once regulators are "assured that there are procedures in effect that will prevent medical waste from getting to landfills in the future."
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ( http://bit.ly/1fhrwmt) reports the DEP sent violation notices to both hospital groups on Feb. 14 after medical waste from both systems wound up in a Waste Management landfill in Monroeville several times since December.
Officials with UPMC and Allegheny Health stopped short of acknowledging wrongdoing, but both say they've reminded or retrained their staff about proper disposal of medical waste.
It wasn't immediately clear how large the fines could be.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Now that your weatherperson has single-handedly derailed the ill-advised Rose Street reconfiguration plan with his hard-hitting commentary in last week's column, he has been urged by many to tackle other thorny and long-unresolved issues that continue to pester the world: Concerns such as the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa, long-standing animosities in the Middle East and the stunning inability of home plate umpires to call balls and strikes in any consistent manner — the last of which is possibly the most annoying of all.
Weather-wise, many Valley residents found themselves greatly annoyed by — and totally unprepared for — an early-season heat wave last week, with afternoon high temperatures tying or exceeding the daily records on consecutive days. This surely is one of the few places in the world where it is possible to freeze one's keister off one week and then suffer a near-fatal case of heatstroke the next.
Friday's reading of 93 degrees beat the old record, set in 1949, by 3 degrees. Folks in nearby Hanford couldn't be blamed for thinking that some of that not-so-well-stored nuclear waste in town might have possibly reached critical mass that same day when their high reached a sizzling and very un-May-like 98 degrees.
Saturday's 91 in Walla Walla tied the mark set in 1994, and a slight increase in humidity briefly transported your weatherperson back to his boyhood days in Baltimore, a town that wrote the book on weather-related discomfort. He was so hot Saturday afternoon, he was obliged to watch the Orioles game from the comfort of an ice bath, and consumed an entire twelve-pack of well-chilled Natty Boh before it became quite clear that the Orioles would not be victorious that day.
Not everyone took issue with the unseasonable hot weather. Balloonists who gathered here from far and wide for the Stampede reveled in the light winds that resulted from the sprawling dome of high pressure overhead, whose subsiding air below was in large measure responsible for the record temperatures. Recently planted tomatoes, peppers and squashes soaked up the heat with reckless abandon, and shrieking, sun-burned children skipped gaily through lawn sprinklers that were hard-pressed to keep up with the evaporative effects of the prodigious heat.
It was nearly impossible to remember that it was still only early May, with the maximum readings some 20-25 degrees above normal for this time of year. But it all came crashing down on Monday with the approach of a rather vigorous low pressure and cold front combination that swept in from the west. Its passage was marked Monday afternoon by showers and a period of gusty winds that blew in excess of 40 miles per hour at times before subsiding overnight. Nighttime readings plunged back into the low 40's – much closer to their normal mid-May levels.
Our two mid-range forecast models are as disputatious as ever regarding the week and weekend to come. Both grudgingly agree that a weak system with a generally trough-like pattern will slide across the area on Wednesday with a slight chance of a sprinkle or two at the end of the week. The Global Forecast System pushes that east for a mostly fair and pleasant weekend, whereas the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts holds onto the trough and paints a wetter scenario for Saturday into Sunday.
Your weatherperson is normally happy to take sides in such contentious disagreements, but is going to sit this one out — at least temporarily — until his own weather Ouija board points him in the right direction. Suffice it to say, the oppressive heat is gone and not likely to return anytime soon, and for that, let us give thanks.
Looking further ahead, the 16-day outlook as of yesterday morning offered the tantalizing prospect of a so-called "million dollar rain" for the wheat folks during the eight-day period from May 21-29, with a whopping 1.62 inches of precipitation forecast over that time. Though such an amount for the end of May would be most unusual, it is not totally outside the realm of possibility.
Should that forecast come true, would it be terribly out of line to expect some modest show of gratitude (A new car? An all-expenses paid trip to Europe?) from those who will be reaping the reward from such a fortuitous event? Just wondering.
A lifelong fan of both the weather and the Baltimore Orioles, Jeff Popick is an instructor at the Center for Enology and Viticulture at Walla Walla Community College and manages the school's teaching vineyard. Send your questions and comments to him at email@example.com.


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One day down in the bad side of town,
You know, the part you shouldn't hang around,
There was a guy whose name wasn't Rob,
Or Fred, or Bill, or Tom, no it was Bob
Bob was a nice guy with a girlfriend that was cute
Bob also played an instrument, guess which one, it's the flute all like
DOO DOO DOOOO DOOOO DOOOO DOO DOO DOOOO DOO DOOOO DOO DOOOO and stop one day
He was walking down the street and got hassled by some guys
They were punchin' him and kickin' him, lumps started to arise
Then suddenly a unicorn appeared out of thin air
The bad guys ran away cause they pretty darn scared
The unicorn turned to Bob and said you must save the princess
Bob was flabbergasted and absolutely speechless
The unicorn said "cm'aan man I don't have all freagn' day"
Bob was still surprised but still replied "oookay"
The unicorn held out something "take the magical sword"
Bob took it and said "is this for real*sigh* oh lord"
"Go through this portal to the land of fantasy"
Bob was screaming, "I want my mommy"
2 hours later bob was fighting a monster cow
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swords against teeth, clingn' and clangn'
and on the cows head, the princess, bangn' and bangn'
then suddenly the fight ended with a slice
the cows belly exploded, and the stank wasn't very nice
both the princess and bob barfed, cause of all the slimey grass
"Oh man," said bob "That smells like beeeep"
"Well your quest is over" said the princess "goodbye"
Bob was kinda sad "What? No! Huh? Why?"
The portal opened "Wait" said Bob "Before I go" "Yes" said the princess "You're as cute as my girlfriend you know..."
Bob was back in the alley in his 'hood
He thought, "The unicorn should be here, he said he would"
Bob was confused so he looked around
He finally found the unicorn on top a trash mound
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669175.post6073831365076514840..comments2015-11-23T22:49:58.678-05:00Comments on Founders Ministries Blog: Reflections on the 2012 SBC in NOLAStanhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669175.post-58075944691783140292012-06-24T18:01:24.959-04:002012-06-24T18:01:24.959-04:00Thanks, Tom. Your clarification was very helpful. ...Thanks, Tom. Your clarification was very helpful. And I do realize you have been a voice in the SBC for the doctrines of grace over the years, having read some of your work and heard of more, and I'm thankful for God's work through your ministry.

I suppose I'm more like the friends you mention, who find it difficult to operate with such diversity in a denomination's soteriology. In fact, I really think it becomes for us more a matter of conscience and conviction. Yet I do appreciate men like you who are led to stay and advance the truth from within. I just desire that you who strive for unity will continue to reach out to those who may have also been granted gifts in polemics, although their approach may be different. God can surely use them as well.

My wording wasn't the best, in that I didn't mean to imply that you were being arrogant. I guess I'm just putting a word of caution out there that pride is a danger for all: Calvinists in our Calvinism, Wesleyans in their Wesleyanism, and the tolerant in their tolerance, if that makes sense. I have heard some adopt an air of "I understand both sides, thus I am better than either," and such things. But you get my point.

I'm concerned that the difference on "who chose whom", even with a polity as you well-explained is in the SBC, may continue to cause issues. In my understanding, the Lord won't compromise on that, so I'm not sure how a denomination can, nor just how ecumenical we are called to be in this arena. But I hope and pray for the best for the SBC. May she come to know the glorious truth of "grace alone".

Thanks for your patience. May He continue to strengthen and guide you.

Yours in Christ,
DarrinDarrinhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669175.post-72892987920865549752012-06-24T13:39:29.579-04:002012-06-24T13:39:29.579-04:00Darrin, Your thoughts and expressions are welcome...Darrin,

Your thoughts and expressions are welcome and well-received. Thank you for your expressed trust in my greater concerns about Fred Luter's character and convictions than his color. You are correct, of course, and I did not feel the need to list every qualification that is more important than the fact that he is African-American. Had I done so, my comments would have been much longer than the space I wanted to devote to it.

Bryant Wright also specifically admonished the neo-traditionalists in equally strong language. I chose not to include it, hoping that those who among us who profess most strongly our belief in grace would exude it by taking the appropriate charge to heart without resorting to, "Yeah, but what about them?"

Frank Page is clearly not a Calvinist but I believe that he is a real friend to those within the SBC who are reformed in soteriology. I found his book unhelpful and have published my evaluation of it. Though I don't it for a fact, I have reason to believe that if Page were publishing that book today it's language would be much more careful. At any rate, His leadership as the Pres of the XCom is proving to be a real help, not a hindrance to efforts to address our doctrinal tensions redemptively.

Your last full paragraph makes me wonder if you have read much of what I have written. Rather than recounting my views, I would simply appeal to my public track record which, while far from perfect or without blemish, does reveal a pretty consisten posture of addressing doctrinal concerns within the SBC for the last 30+ years. Forgive me if that comes across as arrogance. I am simply disinclined to rehash what I have written numerous times in various contexts over multiple decades.

My point about those who cannot abide the direction or efforts underway to see the SBC become even more useful and healthy in the future is simply this: If anyone is dispositionally or doctrinally or emotionally (or in any other way) so disposed that he or she cannot abide the kind of relationships and engagement that the current SBC situation requires, then it may be best for that person to find a group with whom he or she can more appropriately unite.

I mean not slight by this. I have some dear friends who simply cannot tolerate the kind of engagement that I regularly participate in due to my SBC connections. That does not make them lesser men or inferior in any way. It just makes them different from me in that area.

Hope this clarifies my views.

Blessings,
tomTomhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669175.post-69572067429665910112012-06-24T01:32:34.387-04:002012-06-24T01:32:34.387-04:00Pastor Ascol, Thank you for your updates. When I ...Pastor Ascol,

Thank you for your updates. When I read this post, some things stood out to me, and I wanted to just mention a few here. I honestly don't know your time constraints or your interest in this, nor whether you'd dismiss me as a "sniper", but I submit it anyway.

Regarding the new President, I trust that you are more concerned with his qualifications, convictions, doctrine and such character qualities than with his race. Those things of course are much more significant.

"To our Calvinist friends, a bit of humility would be most welcome." As it would among Wesleyans and all of us, no? I haven't seen more of a need for that in one particular camp. It also seems odd that similar caveats are so often given by Reformed SBC men before they make any points whatsoever, sometimes at such length that they don't get much past the caveats. Of course humility is important. Of course unity, in truth, is too. But why is this always pointed at Calvinists, and why does it need to be restated every time?

You mentioned Frank Page assessing how the Calvinism-related tension is being "unhelpfully fueled". The source seems strange here: This isn't unhelpfully fueled by the doctrinal error and misrepresentation distributed amongst the SBC in a book such as "Trouble with the TULIP"? Is he possibly planning on reconsidering some of the statements he has made and avoiding such claims in the future?

"Rather than hanging around and sniping at those of us who are willing to link arms as we stand on the gospel (without giving up our convictions, which may differ at points, of how that gospel works), I would kindly suggest that the naysayers try to find bodies of fellowship that more narrowly suit their tastes." The statement as a whole belies your use of the word "kindly". This does not seem very gracious toward brothers who might differ from you in their convictions in these matters, and I know you are a strong advocate for being gracious. Are all naysayers with narrow views who have concerns in such areas? Not that narrow-mindedness is always truly negative - Christians are accused of it all the time, and rightly so, since the way is such. But I'm concerned about an arrogance which assumes that, because one can "link arms" despite such differences, he is more belonging and needed than someone who thinks that "how the gospel works" is critically important, and has some sincere concerns in that area.

Just some issues, and I mean no disrespect. God's grace and guidance to you.

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It's that time of the year again. People are dressing up, feeling the first frost of the oncoming winter and coming together with those they are closest to. But no one can forget about the parties. Almost every business has a holiday party in some shape or form.
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1) Find out who is who. You don't want to get into any trouble you can't later get yourself out of. So if the dude who always goes to the gym during lunch brings his flirtatious girlfriend, don't succumb to her advances. She probably just wants her boyfriend to kick some one's ass – and it could be yours!
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4) This should be obvious, but make sure you go! Only if it is impossible for you to go, make sure you're there. You never know who you might talk to or what might happen. There's nothing worse than not knowing what everyone else is talking about in the office. Don't feel left out, enjoy your co-worker's company.
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This has been a busy few months for the LIGO Advanced System Test Interferometer (LASTI) at MIT, as we complete installation of the mechanical infrastructure. A custom, combination clean room and work mezzanine around the BSC (Test Mass) vacuum chamber was designed, fabricated and installed. This provides a safe and spacious environment from which to install the Advanced LIGO seismic isolation and suspension systems. These two will be installed as a "cartridge"--the suspensions will be mounted on the isolation system outside of the vacuum system to ease access, and then lifted together into the Test Mass vacuum chamber. The photo below shows this cleanroom. It also shows the low ceiling height (which is a nuisance), and the nifty two-lift bridge crane (which is a boon!) used to lift the cover off the chamber and to tuck it up into the rafters for maximum clearance of the future contents of the chamber.
Once the platform was installed, we opened our Test Mass vacuum chamber, and our local crowd plus Special Hanford Guest Stars Hugh Radkins and Corey Gray worked diligently to get the "Blue Piers" placed, and to bring in the horizontal support tubes and bellows. The tight working quarters (compared with the LIGO sites) leads to a need for some imaginative contortions, but all's well that ends well, and all the pieces are in place.
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Key lawmakers are appealing directly to President Obama to get the Veterans Affairs Department to provide free health care to veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune during a 30-year span that ended in 1987.
Their appeal comes after VA while acknowledging the drinking water in barracks, housing, schools, hospitals and offices on the base was contaminated has refused to provide health care until there is a clear link to adverse health effects. This might not be determined before 2014.
Millions of people who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune could have been affected by the industrial and toxic wastes, but years of study about the possible duration and level of contamination have provided only "limited" and "suggestive" evidence that exposure for more than 20 years might have resulted in issues such as kidney cancer.
In February, Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman, proposed VA could at least provide health care for Camp Lejeune veterans by creating a special health care category that covered them. The cost of care could be paid, Miller suggested, by $5 billion in excess health care funds the VA discovered when preparing the 2013 budget.
Miller's proposal, which would have applied only to veterans and not to family members who might have lived or visited Lejeune, was rejected by VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, who said in an April 9 response to Miller that it was premature to provide health care to everyone who served at Lejeune from 1957 until 1987.
Shinseki suggested veterans could still file for disability claims if they felt they had a service-connected disability. About 1,000 Camp Lejeune veterans have filed disability claims, he said, and 238 were found to have service-connected disabilities "for some reason" that did not depend on a scientific link to consuming contaminated ground water.
Miller and other lawmakers are not ready to take no for an answer. In a joint letter to President Obama, sent Friday, the leaders of the House and Senate veterans' affairs committee are renewing Miller's suggestion.
"The VA has existing resources which could be reserved without derailing other initiatives," the letter says, asking that a portion of excess funds resulting from overestimating health care costs be allocated "to provide care for sick Camp Lejeune veterans and family members."
The letter is signed by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee chairwoman; Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., the ranking Republican on Murray's committee and a longtime advocate of government health care for Lejeune veterans and families; and by Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., ranking Democrat on Miller's committee "There is enough scientific evidence already that warrants giving the benefit of the doubt to those who need help now," the joint letter says.
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Grand Canyon West Rim Deluxe Sunset Helicopter Tour
- Sunset helicopter flight to the Grand Canyon West Rim from Las Vegas
- Fly over Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon
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- 45-minute flight each way in a state-of-the-art six-passenger jet helicopter
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Why Our Insiders Chose This Tour
An awesome value! You'll get 90 minutes of flying time in the helicopter, you'll see the Grand Canyon become even more beautiful during sunset, you'll have a Champagne picnic, and you can still get back to Vegas in time to catch a show.
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After limousine pick-up from your Las Vegas hotel, you will be taken to board your helicopter. You will fly by Lake Las Vegas, Lake Mead and Hoover Dam as your helicopter flies to the West Rim. During your flight, headphones provide a recorded commentary about the Grand Canyon and its surrounds. The flight between Las Vegas and Grand Canyon West Rim is approximately 45 minutes each way.
Landing on Hualapai Indian land for a champagne picnic, you can admire the ever-changing colors of the canyon walls in the glow of twilight. Your pilot/guide will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the area or your helicopter flight as you watch the sun set over the horizon.
Your Sunset Helicopter Tour concludes with a low-level flight over the west side of the famous Las Vegas Strip. Flying from the Stratosphere Hotel to New York-New York, you will have a great view over the extravagant casinos and hotels of Vegas lit up for the night. On landing your limousine will be waiting to return you to your hotel.
There is a maximum capacity of 6 people per helicopter plus your pilot.
For a roomier experience, upgrade your flight to an EC-130 helicopter which allows for more leg room and can accommodate more weight per seat. See Additional Info for more details on weight restrictions.
Please note: the listed price does not include a US $10 per person fuel surcharge, payable at the time of tour check-in.
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First time to Vegas for my hubby and myself. What a great weekend. The sunset tour of Grand Canyon was absolutely amazing. Breath taking, so worth the money spent. Our pilot John Cary was great and nice to meet a person who grew up close to where we are from and new where Lethbridge was. We had a nice group of people as well. We have recommended the tour to my family we were with in Vegas and friends and family here back in Canada. Great tour and we would definitely do it again.
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Our tour was amazing and one of the highlights of our holiday. I would highly recommend this tour to everyone. Completely breath taking once in a life time opportunity. When we landed we both wanted to go again!!!
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Our tour was amazing! The sights were a once in a lifetime experience. Our Pilot was very informative and experienced. I would recommend this trip to everyone!
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We took the sunset tour after our wedding vows renewal. The pilot was fantastic,the whole experience was unbelievable,if more stars were available it would've got more.
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The tour is absolutely amazing! We booked the sunset dulux trip. Even though the weather was cloudy, the view of Grand Canyon still was incredible beautifu! We had two toddlers who were scared as they were abording, however, the pilot was super friendly and patient to help us. We really appreciated.
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Tour was amazing - perfect end to our trip worth every penny - recommended
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Across the American Southwest and Rocky Mountains, wildfires rage annually through millions of acres of wilderness, destroying everything along the way.
A wildfire is a natural occurrence that helps replenish the land—until it affects homes and communities full of people. It's those people that need your help when the blazes rise all around.
Wildfire first responders need very specific equipment to be effective. Here are a few pieces of gear you should have in your prep bag.
• Fire Retardant Gear. Obviously, you'll be totally worthless without the protective properties of full-body flame retardant jackets and boots and helmets. Heavy-duty military jackets offer a lot of protection to firefighters on the ground during a wildfire blaze, as well as those in the air fighting the flames from above.
For ground forces, you want a fire shelter in addition to your standard gear. These extremely useful pieces of fire gear look like shiny aluminum bivouacs. You can hunker down underneath it and be completely protected from danger as flames engulf your immediate vicinity. These shelters are must-haves for anyone attempting to evacuate a home near a heavy blaze, as you can put immobile people in a shelter if you aren't able to get them out of harm's way fast enough.
• Handheld Tools. A firefighter's best friend is a sturdy fire axe. Beyond the standard axe, however, you might find several new advancements to be great additions to your tool belt:
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• Communications Devices. Constant communication is key during an epic wildfire. You need to stay abreast of the positions of your team members as well as the current status of the fire, so a radio transmitter that can withstand intense heat and smoke are paramount not only to the success of your mission, but to your own life.
Today's advanced equipment is highly specialized and able to help your cause no matter how experienced you are with fighting wildfires. From fire retardant axes and clothing to emergency shelters and high-powered short-band radios, your ability to master these tools is just as important as your ability to master the flames.
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Updated 6/10/08 2:20pm: clarified details of proposed solution
Here it is, Part 3 of the long path series, which started over a year ago. I apologize for leaving you hanging; the BCL team has been busy lighting up the web. Because of the delay, I'll summarize the compatibility concerns as context for the proposed solution.
Recall from Part 1 that one way to bypass the MAX_PATH limit with Win32 File APIs is to prepend \\?\ to the file name. This allows you to create paths that are only subject to NTFS restrictions, and the length limit is 32K. However, \\?\ has another side-effect -- it bypasses all Win32 file name canonicalization.
BCL gets a lot of requests for long path support. Some specifically request that we allow the \\?\ prefix. This brings up the question: is \\?\ requested because it allows longer paths, or do users also want to create paths that don't conform to Win32 naming conventions? Our investigation indicates that, while there are specialized areas where non-canonical file names are useful, the overwhelming majority of users just want longer paths.
Why is this distinction important? If you just want longer paths, you don't necessarily want the side effect of turning off all Win32 file naming conventions. For example:
File names like this are problematic for other apps (independent of the path length: using \\?\ you can create a file name shorter than MAX_PATH that doesn't adhere to Win32 naming conventions), to the extent that (I expect) a great majority of users will want the framework to enforce canonicalization, at least as the default behavior.
Note that the above statements are a commentary on unbridled use of \\?\. The problem could still be resolved as follows: behind the scenes we first canonicalize the path using GetFullPathName (since GetFullPathName isn't subject to the MAX_PATH restriction) and then prefix\\?\. Perhaps non-canonical names could be allowed on an opt-in basis.
Either way, suppose .NET lets you create paths up to 32K in length. Now you have a new problem: you have a file that, most likely, no other app on your system can use. It would have to support the \\?\ syntax. Furthermore, many .NET APIs won't even be able to work with this file: recall from Part 1 that this syntax only works with the Win32 file-related APIs, but not for general Win32 functions that accept paths (e.g. LoadLibrary).
This blog series has focused fairly heavily on nuances of the \\?\ prefix, simply because it's commonly viewed as the workaround to the MAX_PATH limitation. Let's switch focus to some reasonable goals in the absence of a unified solution (exposed, for example, by Win32 APIs).
Because of the compat concerns with Goal 2, we don't want users to "accidentally" use this solution.
Fortunately, the Vista shell has provided a precedent of allowing longer path names in a compatible way. It's called auto-path shrinking and it attempts to squeeze a file name into MAX_PATH by shrinking the long file names into the short name equivalents piecewise behind the scenes. Before describing that, note that the proposed solution is a hybrid approach:
1. Try to squeeze the file name into MAX_PATH characters using auto-path shrinking. Only used for existing files, and paths that don't have the file:///?\ prefix (see below)
2. Allow use of the file:///?\ prefix for creating as well as opening (in general allow this for every operation corresponding to a Win32 file API that supports this). We will not attempt to add the file:///?\ prefix behind the scenes; at most we'll provide a helper to perform such as AddLongPathPrefix. In any case, the user must intentionally request this and not stumble into using file:///?\ by accident. This part is TBD: we think it makes sense to expose as an option whether we should always enforce other Win32 file name restrictions other than length, and enforcing file naming rules would be the default.
Let's describe auto-path shrinking a bit more. If you pass in a file name that exceeds MAX_PATH:
It will try to shrink it under the MAX_PATH limit by using the short name equivalents:
This solution may seem odd at first (beyond the ironic spin that we're coming full circle to short file names). But it's very compelling for adoption in the framework since paths of this form are acceptable to Win32 API (it's a valid Win32 file name).
Some important clarifications:
* This brings up two questions. One is that users can turn off short file name generation via a registry value. This is discussed below. Also, you'll notice this solution is NT-focused, but Silverlight can run on Macs. We also intend to handle platform-specific path limits with long path efforts, instead of enforcing Windows MAX_PATH (as we do currently).
Allowing use of file:///?\ will likely require a permission demand greater than FileIOPermission, perhaps even full demand for full trust. However, for many apps that need to work with long paths, this isn't a problem. We should investigate ways to relax this demand for partial trust scenarios like isolated storage.
Let's look at some pros and cons of auto-shrinking:
We're curious to hear your feedback about this approach.
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Hmm, using short file names sounds more like a hack than a real solution.
For one thing short file names exist in Window just for the sake of compatibility. Using what is basically an obsolete feature of Windows to "fix" .NET which is supposed to be "the future" sounds backwards to me.
Second don't be so quick to assume that turning off short filename generation is uncommon. Generation of such names is known to slow things down so don't be too surprised if people turn it off. Even if they don't know how to do it some enterprising person may include this feature in an "optimization" tool and spread it across. This means that .NET developers won't be able to relay on this "fix" working on every computer.
Here's a case where people had to turn short name generation off because of performance issues: http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/407930-SQL-Server-2008-CTP-FILESTREAM--NTFS-limitations/
If .NET framework is to fix this somehow I think it is better to simply allow \\?\ (even if this will need full trust to work). This will put .NET framework on par with Win32 and who knows, maybe one day Win32 will increase the limit and limit the need for \\?\.
Before you start throwing around the word "hack" you might re-read and notice that I also proposed we support \\?\. :) However, we would not prepend this automatically behind the scenes and it would require some (tbd) heavier demand than FileIOPermissions.
The auto-shrinking case is what we could attempt behind the scenes to soften the impact for the "slightly above" cases, where users don't necessarily want to get into the world of \\?\.
Put me down as a strong "no" for this approach.
The fact that Windows allows users to turn off short file names should be reason enough. I might be wrong, but short file names were basically a kludge added for backwards-compatibility in Windows 95. It's even further moved into the "compatibility" realm when dealing with Windows NT based operating systems.
One thing I've been very happy about over the years is that short filenames are effectively "dead" - nothing uses them by choice any longer.
Adding it to .NET to support a fringe case (path lenghts > MAX_PATH) will effectively make it a "core case" - something that all applications will start using. Effectively, you will be reintroducing the "hell" (no offense) of short paths to the world once again.
I've seen existing bugs in .NET (can't remember which classes) where it "faked" short paths by truncating then concatenating ~1 to the end - regardless of what the underlying filesystem will do. You have no guaruntee before you touch the NTFS filesystem that it *really* will turn into ~1 in the Win95 days files with the same beginning would become ~2, ~3, etc. This is the deal breaker - you cannot guaruntee compatibility as long as this is true. If I have a directory called "Program Files" and another called "Program Data", your algorithm will specify the wrong one! You will not know if the directory is PROGRA~1 or PROGRA~2 before you make the API call unless you make other I/O requests to the NTFS / storage system.
As stated in your post - the BCL is effectively limited by what the Win32 API has done (inconsistent \\?\ support). Why is this any different than what Win32 API developers face? They have the same issues - some support long paths, some do not.
I'd rather see a "modern" solution that follows the recommended practice set out by the Operating System (Kernel) guys. That practice is to use \\?\, not introduce kludges that are only there for backwards compatibility with DOS.
"Shrinking" paths will be a *LOT* scarier (conceptually) for a developer than having to know which paths are supported in which context.
It still doesn't fully work around the MAX_PATH issue either - the developers who are asking for a workaround for MAX_PATH are envisioning \\?\, which is not the same as using short filenames to have "a bit more room". They want the full meal deal, not a faked version.
And if you're not satisfying the core audience who are requesting this feature, why would you introduce a "DOS" kludge into .NET? It just doesn't make sense.
Hmm, these comments are strange given that I propose explicit use of \\?\ should be allowed. Maybe people are skimming and not noticing? In any case, to avoid having to repeatedly say "read the blog" I'll make some updates to ensure that's clear.
As an example to my previous post, try the following on Windows Vista:
* Open Command Prompt
* Change directory to C:\
* Type "dir /a /x"
Notice the short filenames displayed? On my machine, "ProgramData" is "PROGRA~2".
With the proposed algorithm, the file:
"C:\ProgramData\<really long path>\MyFile.txt"
Would be translated into:
"C:\PROGRA~1\<shrunk path components>\MyFile.txt"
However, you now have non-deterministic behavior. The file will actually be saved as:
"C:\Program Files\<really long path>\MyFile.txt", which is not what the developer intended.
That said, perhaps additional API calls will be used to perform the actual translation and "lookup" pre-existing files.
However, wouldn't the proposed behavior still be non-deterministic for files being created?
The solution using short names looks messy, and IMHO it might look safer in the short term, but it has a lot of potential for creating compatibility nightmares in the long term. It makes path canonicalization even more complicated, it would have a cost in performances by requiring disk access or an in-memory cache for short names lookups, whether path are too long would depend on the length of usually hidden short names, and it will often end up in displayed paths and a poorer user experience.
I agree with Mike's description: it's a hack. Granted, it's an attractive one, which would work in the short term, but you will end up paying the "long paths tax" later, and it will be more expensive.
My advice would be to start supporting long path using \\?\ and optional canonicalization in .Net, and push for legacy applications to be upgraded (starting by Windows components and APIs). It will take somewhat longer, but you will end up with less clutter in your code base, and less nightmares with unintuitive behaviors in applications. Moreover, it would not be that bad: long paths are still uncommon, not a critical feature, and once the basics tools (especially Windows Explorer) support them, there will be a clear reason for third parties to start supporting them.
Do not forget, too, that not supporting long paths often mean static buffers, potential overflows truncations or error cases, and thus an area where security vulnerabilities could creep in.
Whether you allow \\?\ in parallel with path shrinking is mostly irrelevant. You would still be introducing more complex path handling rules, relying on short names, and add a lot of potential complexity in .Net's behaviour. The drawbacks are still there.
Moreover, if you give a simple, partial solution and a solid, harder to use one, most programmers will choose the first. The option to explicitly use of \\?\ would be mostly ignored. On the other hand, if you focus on using \\?\ behind the scene, you could try to create an easy to use, cleaner API, and try to hind the quirks of the underlying Win32 calls.
Note that I rearranged the post to highlight that \\?\ is indeed part of the solution and that auto-shrinking helps "make it work" for opening existing files when \\?\ is not used.
I have to agree that my mention of \\?\ support was rather buried before -- basically it was the closing sentence of the "solution" part. I guess I can't expect everyone to pore over every sentence. Hope it's clearer now. :)
Please be aware that 8.3 filename generation has to be disabled for any application that creates and reads files rapidly, and has more than a few thousand files per directory. Otherwise the performance is terrible -- there is a KB about it which I can't find right now.
So disabling 8.3 generation is much more common than you might think.
IMO you should prepend \\?\ automatically for all .NET APIs that support it (but still enforcing the other path restrictions of course). .NET APIs that wrap Win32 functions without \\?\ support, should use the proposed automatic path shrinking if the path is too long, so that they'll be also able to handle long paths whenever possible.
Of course you will still have problems with other applications that don't support long file paths, but these applications would not work with path shrinking either, if they don't shrink paths themself.
Also while the proposed solution will only work if short file name generation is not deactivated, this solution would still be able to work in most (or many) cases.
What do you think?
Eric, I don't think you understand the algorithm that is being proposed. It wouldn't be blindly truncating and appending "~1" to the file name. It would use the *correct* short name for a given long name. I can't believe how anybody could imagine it working any other way.
As to the original question, given that \\?\ will be supported anyway, I'm not sure what the benefit of path shrinking would be. It would work some times, but not all times, and so you'd still need to work around the times it doesn't work with \\?\.
I think path shrinking should be limited only to those cases that won't be fixable by supporting \\?\ -- namely LoadLibrary and that sort of thing.
First, I think this is a great discussion to also reflect on the MSDN Technical Interoperability Forum, because I suspect there are many more things that haven't been thought about, and attracting more eyeballs could be valuable.
With regard to short names, I think people don't get that the short names are always there (right?) for any non-short name of a directory or a file. Nicht wahr? You want to see some, run edit.com (yes, that one) from a console window. Then notice what the console shows as the current directory path afterwards. (So would we be breaking cmd.exe with this stuff?)
The interoperability issues I am thinking of have to do with (1) shared directories that have these monster name snakes in them, (2) software that reads and writes related formats, such as ISO CD-ROMs and DVDs. Oh, yes, ahem, flash drives and that Windows Home Server on my workgroup LAN. There are APIs that have hard-coded limits for passing filenames back and forth too (there are ones in ODMA that I am probably too familiar with).
Then there are all those web file uploaders and downloaders, etc., etc. Probably one more way to break Media Player in an inscrutible way, etc.
I hope the wider conversation around this happened internally (on that internal list you mentioned in one of these posts). Is there some place where people triage things that will cost more in support incidents than the problem they solve?
Hmm, yes, I think this goes onto the Technical Interoperability forum and maybe some wider readership, though not sure what that is.
orcmid: Notice the comments above about how short name generation can be turned off. While it's true that turning off short name generation won't delete the short names that *already exist*, it obviously won't generate any new ones, so it'll only help you in some situations.
I believe the main problem with shrinking the paths is that it only works some of the time, and it's totally arbitrary whether it'll work on any given path (so your application might be OK on an operating system that has short name generation turned on, but if your customer has it turned off, it might not work for them... I imagine it's going to be very difficult to track those sorts of problems down -- better to fail consistently).
As part of the long-term plan, have you considered deprecating strings-as-paths altogether and using the Uri class instead?


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