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By | Kidist Zewdie '14
"The students were actually designing experiments…I was hooked."
My roommate, a student researcher, brought me to my first lab meeting with biology professor Devavani Chatterjea so I could learn more about opportunities in her lab. It looked like a graduate-level research lab. The students were actually designing experiments, generating and analyzing data, and contributing to manuscripts for publication. I was hooked. On the spot, I asked Professor Chatterjea if I could join her lab group.
In the Chatterjea lab each student's research project contributes to a more general goal: examining the role of the immune system in various diseases. Currently we are looking for possible causes of vulvodynia, a chronic pain condition suffered by up to 1 in 7 women. Our goal is to model the disease in animals in order to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms. My role focuses on performing behavioral and enzymatic assays on our samples.
I prepared for working in the lab by taking Professor Chatterjea's course Research in Immunology. Once in the lab, more experienced students helped me learn techniques, recommended papers for me to read, and worked with me to analyze data. When I had questions, Professor Chatterjea was always available.
Like any scientist, I am most challenged when I get a data set that doesn't look exactly the way I want it to. When someone in the lab gets agorgeous set of data, we celebrate.
I'm a senior now and after Macalester I plan to enter a graduate program in pharmacology or another field related to health care.
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This week lace designer Geoff Hunnicut describes what a "lifeline" is in lace knitting, and how to use them. He also shares his favorite tool, the stitch marker, and how he uses them when knitting lace.Read more »
Back in the day, before Photoshop was my artistic tool of choice, I loved to paint. Oil, acrylic, watercolor and charcoal delightfully muddied up my bedroom. These days, my home is cluttered with a different method of creative expression: yarn dyeing!
I started with a just a few colors in Greener Shades Dye, several skeins of Knit Picks Wool of …
For me, summer is about trying new things. I like new stitch patterns and new yarns, but most of all I like new crafts in general. In the past, I've devoted summers to needle felting or dyeing. This summer, I'm learning to weave! I have a small rigid heddle loom and I can't wait to make scarves and placemats and pillowcases for everyone I know. In my dreams, my Christmas list will be complete by the time the pumpkins are ripe. If you're interested in learning to weave, we have a new tutorial available where Hannah weaves a gorgeous pillowcase out of Hawthorne Fingering Yarn! Learn how to warp, weave, and finish your project in this great video:Read more »
Our summer yarn sale is a great time to order some new-to-you yarns or to replenish your stash at a discount! Today, I'll be featuring a few of my favorite yarns in our sale plus patterns that would be perfect for each lovely skein.
The Gramcrackers Mitts by Alyssa Copp in Wool of the Andes Tweed make the perfect accessory! Rustic tweedy nepps really shine in this simple pattern. Shown here in Rabbit Heather, I think they would look incredibly stunning in a dark color like Wellies Heather (on sale for $3.14/50g ball). I've knit three sweaters in this incredibly rugged-yet-soft yarn and have become a total super fan-girl for Wellies Heather.Read more »
This week in our series, lace designer Geoff Hunnicut talks about the difference between lace knitting and knitted lace. It's a hotly contested issue, about which many lace knitters have very strong feelings.
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It also has an abundance of historic and artistic assets dating from the 7th century ...
show more B.C. to t he present day and extending from sea level right up to the 1400 meters of Monte Faito. Underlining the area's traditional calling for tourism, we find a wide range of hotels equipped with all the latest comforts and with verandahs overlooking the splendid panorama of the Gulf of Naples.
There are even more places for wining and dining. Some are more intimate and reserved in atmosphere, while others are larger and more modern. But they all offer fine, delicate cuisine based mainly on seafood, together with a variety of local dairy products and fine wines, which already had a fine reputation even in the ancient world.
The coast of Vico Equense, spanning from Punta Orlando to Punta Scutolo, is a succession of beaches enhanced by a transparent sea, all of which provide modern bathing facilities. For visitors coming from the direction of Castellammare, the beaches continue right up to Scrajo, a place famous for its healing sulphur springs and popular beaches.
These beaches are followed by enchanting stretches of free coastline, leading towards Marina di Vico, which are harder to reach. After a stretch of open sea beneath the projecting Gothic Cathedral, we find Marina di Aequa, with its tourist and bathing facilities, which ends at the natural boundary of the so-called "Calcare" beach.
In the 1st century A.D., in his poem entitled "Punica", which tells the story of the death of a warrior named Murrano in the battle of Trasimeno in 217 B.C., Silius Italicus had used the term "Aequana" to indicate an area not far from Sorrento as the hero's land of origin. Medieval documents furthermore concur in naming a location that had lost its former prosperity as Aequa (probably Aequana, Murrano's homeland) l o cated in the seaside plane known as "Peczolo".
Even older urbanistic and archaeological traces co nfirm the theory that another settlement with a Hippodamian layout situated on the nearby sloping plateau must have previously dominated the Aequana to which Silius Italicus referred. And it is precisely because the documents, which date from the Middle Ages onwards, agree in respect of Aequa's location on the seaside plane, that it is unlikely that the settlement situated on the sloping plateau had that name.
The road layout of this nameless settlement is still to a large extent preserved, thus confirming its antiquity. On various occasions, parts of a necropolis have come to light here with all sorts of funeral objects. These relics, which date to the 7th century B.C., are now preserved in the local Antiquarium.
Later on, during the long period of the Dark Ages, the population of this settlement fell sharply for the usual reasons. It must have become so impoverished that in a document going back to 1213 it was referred to as nothing more than a locality "ad Vicum dicitur".
It was under first the Angevins and later the Aragonese that the fortunes of the "Vicus" improved and it acquired, or perhaps we should say regained, a predominant role compared to Aequa, where the population was progressively falling. Once the Hippodamian-plan fortress had become autonomous, walls were built around it and on the side projecting over the sea it was embellished with the new Cathedral transferred from Aequa.
The Bishop's Residence was built at the end of the main road, while the bastions of the Castle were erected on the opposite spur. In the extended insulae, work resumed on building houses over the older foundations level with the earlier cornerstones and decuman gates.
This building work is still visible in the surviving architectural characteristics which feature mainly Catalan/Durazzo style portals and intimate but spacious courtyards. It had now become Vico Equense, because only a few traces still remained of "Aequa desolata" . Meanwhile, further away from the village itself, other settlements and districts had sprung up around the churches and monasterie s . Finally, the nineteenth century design of the road to Sorrento gradually gave rise to a new urban geometry outside the walls.
This old area, which is blessed by such a mild climate, still features this particular geometry in spite of the increase in building, as do the Angevin-Aragonese site and the wide variety of medieval Hamle ts .
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Eminent revolutionary historian Wood illuminates the life and times of perhaps our nation's most symbolic yet enigmatic forefather. Born of modest roots, Benjamin Franklin displayed from an early age a sharp mind and a literary gift, which served him as he went on to amass a small fortune, mostly as a printer, and to emerge as a civic leader. Wood, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for The Radicalism of the American Revolution, shows how Franklin's skills and charm enabled him to complete the remarkable transition from humble beginnings to gentlemanly status, occupying his later years with scientific experiments, philosophy and statesmanship. Wood also introduces us to Franklin the loyal British subject, who could scarcely conceive of a colonial government independent of the British, yet, in 1776, at the age of 70, came to play a key role in the Revolution. He secured the help of the French, who in turn helped ultimately to define Franklin as the "symbolic American." This is not a comprehensive biography. Instead, Wood's purpose is to supplant our common knowledge of Franklin as the iconic, folksy author of Poor Richard's Almanac with a different, richer portrait, a look at how a man "not even destined to be an American" became, paradoxically, the "symbol of America." What emerges is a fascinating portrait of Franklin, not only as a forefather but as a man. Illus.
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Adult/High School - This fascinating account provides a vivid picture of an extraordinary man adapting to changing times. Franklin was an intensely loyal British subject who looked forward to the time when he would take an active role in Britain's imperial schemes. His unshaken faith that the monarchy would inevitably behave fairly to the colonists blinded him to the growth of an increasingly powerful anti-British sentiment. Wood shows how Franklin was often completely out of touch with public opinion. At his death, America's brief, perfunctory eulogies sharply contrasted with the national mourning for him in France. In the 19th century, Franklin was rediscovered as the homespun philosopher, a simple man most noteworthy for his emphasis on self-improvement and industry. He was far more, as readers will discover. Black-and-white illustrations are included. - Kathy Tewell, Chantilly Regional Library, VA
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Historian Gordon S. Wood splashes cold water on these common assumptions of Franklin's life. Wood shows that in many ways Franklin was not typical of his fellow Americans at all. Once he made himself a success, for example, he stopped working and began to imitate a gentleman. After Franklin moved to Europe and got a taste of the civilized life, it was difficult for him to break away from it and return to America. He often misjudged the opinion of his fellow Americans, sometimes leading too far in front of them and sometimes following too far behind. As a result, he was far more popular in Europe than he was in his home land. After his death, the public grieving in the U.S. was mild compared to that of other revolutionary leaders.
Wood's book is largely a conventional biography that is distinctive from other Franklin biographies only in its interpretation. Wood sees the Sage of Philadelphia as a proto-American, someone who became American only in retrospect as more and more nineteenth-century Americans began to lead lives similar to Franklin's. Like him, they worked in the trades and strove for social respectability and financial success while also maintaining a working class identity. As these self-made men began to predominate, Franklin's life became a model for them, and the popularity among Americans that he never saw in his lifetime became his.
So, why do we need another biography of Franklin? Gordon Wood's answer: we don't. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin represents little effort on behalf of its author to attempt to provide or refashion a definitive portrait of Franklin's life from self-made printer to world-renown writer, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. Wood's study does not set out to present a new or profoundly nuanced interpretation of Benjamin Franklin the man, but rather dissects the many-layered and convoluted construction of Benjamin Franklin the American symbol, the character of the communal American cultural imagination.
As Wood argues and carefully documents, Franklin's reputation-as canonized during the progressive times of the early 19th century and arguably extending to the present day-did not result from the mutual respect of and commendation from fellow members of the Revolutionary generation.Read more ›
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Being a fairly recent Eastern European immigrant I found the book very inspirational. Gordon Wood tells the story of an extraordinary self-made man in rapidly changing times. Read morePublished on June 8 2004 by ITS
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To take full advantage of Instagram marketing, you need to incorporate hashtags. Here is how to create an effective hashtag strategy for Instagram.
janlgordon's insight:
I selected this article from Curatti written by Jenn Herman because I'm love Instagram and if you know what you're doing it can be very effective if it's appropiate for your particular business needs.
Hashtags here and on Twitter are a must to keep the conversation going, attract potential customers and/or a following, learn what your competitors are saying and doing........but if you don't use them properly it can work against you.
Here are a few things that caught my attention:
Instagram allows you to use up to 30 hashtags per post. But that doesn't mean you should be using that many! Depending on your brand and your audience, you will likely find a sweet spot between 5 and 10 hashtags per post.
Using less than 5 hashtags limits the number of searches in which your post will appear. But using too many looks spammish and can annoy your followers.
Use Relevant Keyword Hashtags
Your hashtags should include relevant keywords that are associated with your post. If you sell jewelry, including tags like #gold, #jewelry, #fashion, and #gemstones would be considered relevant.
These should relate directly to the item or content in your post.
Stay informed on trends, insights, what's happening in the digital world become a Curatti Insider today
Read more here: http://bit.ly/1vm8WRx
Alex Watson's curator insight, August 27, 2014 9:56 AM
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I was visiting a company the other day and chatting about stories. I mentioned how tough it is for any business to gather their customer stories and the two principles snorted, threw their hands up while rolling their eyes, and said, "That's for sure! We've tried it." So this blog post is all about how …
janlgordon's insight:
This article was written by Karen Dietz, it is her latest piece in a series for Curatti. Every time I read one of her reviews here on Scoopit or her original articles, I come away with ideas and great takeaways that I can use in my business immediately. Karen is a master at capturing the essence of a great story.
Here are some highlights:
This blog post is all about how to ask for stories – and get them — in authentic ways without sounding manipulative.
Doing so will enhance your understanding of your customer's world, you'll be able to 'walk a mile in their shoes', and it will boost your relationships with them.
Karen suggests, we make the stories about our customers, not about our products and services.
Here are a few prompts to get them to tell you about their experience,.
Story Prompts
Whether you are meeting with a customer in person, are on the phone, or are using social media, deliberately use story prompts instead. You will save lots of time and energy, and get better results.
So what are great story prompts that you can use? These are some of the best story prompts out there that are known to work:
Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond
Read more here: [http://bit.ly/1foSQex]
Paula Silva's comment, March 3, 2014 3:21 PM
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Wanda J. Barreto's curator insight, April 1, 2014 10:22 AM
Cuando el curador de contenido expresa su opinión sobre el contenido y su razonamiento para compartirlo, además de informar, desarrolla confianza y credibilidad. El punto de vista también es una oportunidad de establecer contacto con el lector, de contar su propia historia, demostrar autenticidad y trasparencia. Algunas veces, si el contenido es muy técnico, el lector necesita información adicional o quizás algunos ejemplos adicionales para comprenderlo.
En este artículo, +Karen Dietz recomienda incluir un about post antes del contenido, para explicar la historia sobre el material que se comparte. Además, provee instrucciones sobre cómo hacerlo y buenos ejemplos que podemos imitar. Yo también lo estoy practicando.
You don't need more content. You need old content. I know, that's not what you usually hear, so stick with me and we will look at some numbers to see why it is so important.
janlgordon's insight:
Eric Whittlake has written a very important article about your old content - if it's relevant it produces results.
Here are a few highlights that caught my attention:
"Better content isn't enough when your competitors have good old content"
Here's how the 29 first page results break down:
More than half of the search results were for content that is more than a month old, and less than 25% was for current content!
Increased Site Traffic
Not only does old content continue to capture search traffic, the library of content you have created over the years will become a key driver of traffic and growth. This is the real reason why it takes calendar time for your inbound or content marketing program to deliver on its full potential.
Does this mean quality doesn't matter? Promotion doesn't matter? Design doesn't matter? Video doesn't matter? Of course it still matters!
Everyone can, and will, follow the content marketing advice of the day. But old content is the one thing you cannot just create. It doesn't matter how impatient you are, it takes time for your content to age.
Jan Gordon: Takeaway - We all know that there are many creative ways to repurpose old content, in addition to all the benefits in this article. Building on the collection of treasures you already have gives you plenty of amunition to create content that informs, invites commentary, drives discussions, builds relationships and communities.
Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/154BVZ1]
Albert Green's comment, September 11, 2013 9:43 AM
Although the idea is very interesting, I don't see any valid arguments that OLD content is the key to high rankings. You even can't say there's a correlation here because 14/30 pages are less then 1 year old and 16/30 are more than 1 year old.
The method for determining OLD website is also faulty since the age of domain is not the same as the age of the content itself. So if the page has been updated within this year, it should be labeled as new. To my mind, 90% of the TOP10 search results pages have been updated during last year, so this would mean that NEW content is the key to high rankings.
And since this is just a hypothesis, I must present an actual trend that has been spotted by SEO specialists recently. After latest Google Search engine updates, fresh content easily wins over old content with a lot of backlinks. If OLD content was the king, there would be NO fresh content (up to 1 month old) on first page at all.
Karen Tracey McCarty's curator insight, January 30, 2014 12:07 PM
Some things we know are better with age, like wine and wisdom, but content? Seriously? Read on to see stats showing why your old content can be a power horse for generating increased site traffic and search results.
SBESSCPA's curator insight, February 12, 2014 2:40 PM
Do something with your old data -- turn it into website and social media content.....
This piece was written by Brian Solis about what he refers to as Generation C - the "always connected" generation.
There are a lot of relevant insights and suggestions in this article. I've pulled out some points that caught my attention:
What is the future of social media? Do you think it will pull ahead of classical media?
**Social media has given birth to a different type of customer, the connected customer or otherwise what I refer to as Generation-C where "C" represents "connected." Gen-C is not bound by age. They're not defined by income or education.
Here are some highlights:
** They live the digital lifestyle and traverse across all demographics. These consumers do not surf the web like other customers. They don't learn nor make decisions like that of their traditional counterparts.
**They live and breathe in social networks and rely on smartphones or tablets as their windows to the world.
**when you compare the size of the market for traditional consumers vs. Generation C, only one of the two segments is growing while the other is shrinking over time.
**If you had to invest in the future of your business to earn attention and ultimately relevance, the greatest ROI is tied to the connected customer
Here are some takeaways:
The goal is to have a process and a supporting system for recognizing opportunities and piloting them as they arise.
**The trick is to understand the difference between emerging and disruptive technology
**only focus on those that will deliver and not distract.
How can social media activity increase the revenues and profitability of a company?
**To activate social commerce requires that you define an experience around the transaction where the outcome is of course the sale
**the journey is in its own way engaging and fulfilling.
**You must define a click path from a social network to a destination that facilitates a transaction but is also in alignment with the expectations of a social consumer
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Change Through Ongoing Discussions"
"Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/I3lErJ]
Personal Branding With Social Media Infographic via Chris Voss
Why having the right social media tools matter:
"Social media tools have the tremendous power to put you in contact with thousands of people in order to build your online brand you need to know all of the possibilities, as well as how all of your activities are working together.
It's important to be consistent so that each part of your social media network is contributing positively to the brand you are trying to build.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Busines and Beyond"
See full infographic here: [http://bit.ly/JMXlS0]
In case you missed this article, I'm reposting it today because it's definitely worth your while if you're using content to build your business. Conversationagent not only gives you some great tips for creating compelling content but also shares examples of people who are doing a good job with each suggestion.
These ideas can be used for content curators as well - to create buzz and build an audience, providing "context" is what sets you apart from others - these tips are ways to accomplish that.
"Connecting ideas and people -- how talk can change our lives".
Here are a few things that caught my attention:
**. Make digestible bits of advice in micro-interactions gain big impact. Kellye Crane built a community for #soloPR practitioners off a Twitter chat filled with useful advice.
** Create a new list. People like to see where things stack against each other. By far, the most popular list is still the one Todd And created and AdAge took over.
** Give away secrets and tips to help others become more effective. Adam Singer is very generous in that regard.
** Teach something new or from a new perspective. Kathy Sierra has been able to do that on a topic that for many was considered not quite appealing
** Inspire people to take action and change the world. Entrepreneur Chris Guilleabeau is a good example of that.
** Be opinionated about future trends. That's a trait that is best exemplified by Robert Scoble.
** Track and review future trends from behind the scenes. A good guide is Louis Gray.
**Create a conversation around a social object. That's what Hugh MacLeod does.
** Become the expert hub on a subject matter. The consistent "go to" person for branding is the team at Branding Strategy Insider.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Content Marketing, Social Media and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://www.conversationagent.com/]
Barry Deutsch's comment, May 16, 2012 2:18 AM
Fully 1/3 of my business in executive search, speaking engagements, and consulting projects come directly from content curation and marketing.
This piece was written by Jean-Paul De Clerck for Selligent. I selected it because it reconfirms what we already know as consumers of content and as content marketers trying to reach their audiences.
Magnify's "Digital Lifestyle" research shows that it's becoming more difficult for so-called professional web users to:
**cope with the stream of communication and
**to distinguish essential information from less important information.
A massive tidal wave in figures
**64% of the participants said that the information they receive had increased over 50% in comparison to the previous year
**Nearly 73% of the respondents described the information overload with superlative terms souch as a "roaring river" or a massive tital wave
It is simply becoming more difficult for people to filter information. And it's very important to realize that this is not caused by technology only, and that it will not be solved by technology.
**In their interactions with consumers and customers, companies have a responsibility to make it as easy and valuable as possible for people.
Here are some takeaways:
**Simplify your cross-channel messaging: improve and personalize your communication
**Marketers must ensure that their messages are targeted and synchronized.
**They should avoid overlapping communication and marketing fatigue. Read white paper
**They should also let people choose their own communication channels more.
**Provide alternatives, because people will increasingly search for them in their quest for coping with information.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/x46IR4]
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I selected this article by Matthew Knell for Socialfresh because it relates to the other pieces I've posted regarding information overload and being able to filter out what's important through all the distraction.
Let's face it, we have too many choices, whether it's content, social networks, and the like. It's like going to a particular restaurant that has a certain cuisine, you have a menu, you select what appeals to you. With niche sites it puts you in charge not the other way around, you're curating your experience.
Here are some things that caught my attention:
**one constant through the many evolutions of Internet platforms is the fickleness of human beings.
**Especially when asked to make quick decisions.
**Successful products have been driven by the combination of:
**The "right" feature set
**Clarity in purpose
**most importantly, the vibrant nature of communities and how accessible they are to the user.
**They're running into too many choices of types and places to share their content.
**Increasingly, they're also running into one parameter that's impossible to change – the number of hours in the day.
**It's no wonder Pinterest leads the way in niche sites......You can pick and choose what you want to look at, it's better than bookmarking and it's visual for starters.
The author talks about Facebook and Shopping Malls, trying to be too many things to too many people.
How this relates to curation and information overload:
In a quantity vs quality comparison, on a per piece of content basis, quantity almost never wins no matter what you're comparing it to.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Feel free to browse my other topic: "Content Marketing, Social Media & Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/x1sjgU]
Alessio Manca's comment, February 26, 2012 10:32 AM
Thanks so much. In my opinion niche networks are working better because they are still free from the effects caused by the desire to increase friends (or followers and so on). The other way: people are demanding more interesting content from non friends.
I selected this infographic pulled together by inbound marketing agency, IMPACT Branding & Design because I know we marketers can be overwhelmed and wondering what to tackle first.
In this infographic you will see the inbound methodology, step by step that captures the process from start to finish beautifully!
** getting found online
** converting visitors into leads and customers
**Measuring the entire funnel.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Content Marketing, Social Media and Beyond"
See article and Infographic here: [http://bit.ly/zgwfec]
This piece was written by Jeff Turner, it makes you STOP and think. Pinterest is the latest new shiny thing but as Jeff says, buyer beware. His insights are right on the money.
He asks us to know the enviornment before we start posting and promoting. Here's an excerpt:
The Pinterest Stream And Fools Gold
Avoid Self Promotion:
"Pinterest is designed to curate and share things you love. If there is a photo or project you're proud of, pin away! However, try not to use Pinterest purely as a tool for self-promotion".
Here are the takeaways:
My advice here is going to be the same advice I give people in any new social network... go have some fun first.
**Be social. Get to know the community, the lay of the land. The rest will sort itself out.
**The first thing that happens when the real estate community for example, "discovers" a new social media site is they focus on the media, not the social. This is a mistake. It leads to mining in the wrong streams.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Pinterest Watch"
Read full article here: [http://www.jeffturner.info/pinterest/]
This very informative article was written by Shobha-Atre for Fulltraffic blog
"Content curation can and WILL play a vital role in advertising your business and providing greater exposure to your products in the market."
Here's what caught my attention - a few takeaways:
Content curation helps in defining a niche target audience and providing content relevant to their needs.
It is a smart and an inexpensive marketing tool that can help in achieving amazing results for your online business.
In addition, it can assist in refining your content and sharing valuable information to provide greater online visibility to your company.
Brand building can be a huge exercise and also challenging for many companies at the same time.
However, with the use of content curation tools, it has become a lot easier to achieve successful branding results.
It saves valuable time and effort of the online users in searching for enormous amount of information on the web.
Content curation is the best method of providing purposeful information that may be extremely useful to the readers in addressing different issues.
Rather than looking at a variety of sources, they can get all the valuable information under one roof that can be immense value for companies.
Besides, it helps them to discover and find all the latest information about your products and services and encourages them to make a final purchase easily.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/s1py23]
Robin Good's comment, December 25, 2011 3:02 AM
Please note that the author of this original post, Shobha Atre, uses images stolen from other web sites, (the one appearing here is an image I have bought and personalized myself with those titles) without providing any credit or attribution. How can this person be a reliable curator if sHe behaves in this way?
janlgordon's comment, December 25, 2011 1:55 PM
Hi robin,
Thank you for pointing this out, I had no idea she used a stolen image in this piece. Will leave this up so you see my response. Taking it down tomorrow, not tweeting it. I don't support anyone who does this.
Back away from the "publish" button! Check out this blog post on how to optimize your blog posts before you ship them.
janlgordon's insight:
I selected this article and infographic from Hubspot because it's concise and has everything you need to create something that will provide value for your audience and give you the results you're looking from your content.
Here are some highlights:
Shorter Paragraphs
Also, part of catering to that whole people-love-to-scan-articles-on-the-web thing is writing short paragraphs. It's much easier for people to scan when there are small chunks of content to look over -- so make sure you're keeping your paragraphs short and sweet.
Relevant Internal Links
Blog posts are often the first interaction people will have with your company, but you don't want it to be the last. So make sure you're including a reasonable number of relevant internal links to other pieces of your content throughout your post. These links could be helpful to your readers.
Smart CTA
Smart CTAs help you show tailored content to people in different lifecycle stages or lists in your database -- and because the content is more relevant to them, they're more likely to convert.
Stay informed on trends, insights, what's happening in the digital world become a Curatti Insider today
Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond
Read more here: http://bit.ly/1ooZqEO
A recent article in BtoB Magazine highlights how marketing to the electronics engineering vertical is changing due to technological innovation and the demands of a more specialized (and time-constrained) workforce.
janlgordon's insight:
Derek Edmond wrote this article for searchengineland - I selected it because in today's world there's too much noise - getting attention from the right people will require knowledge and strategy.
The focus of the article centers around content marketing designed to attract buyers at every stage of the buying cycle, particularly early-stage awareness. which is exactly where you want to be.
Here's what you need to know:
Search is one of the first places where buyers start.
According to Pardot's 2013 State of Demand Generation Report, 72% of product research for a future business purchase beginning on Google.
But savvy search engine marketers understand that onsite content is only one destination buyers will look to find information, assuming that content is found in search engine results.
Here's something you need to do:
Where B2B Marketers Start Buying Research: Pardot 2013 State of Demand Generation Report
Placing content marketing assets in destinations that provide a good opportunity to be found in search engine results — and also represent locations where target audiences find and share information — which is a critical component of B2B SEO.
The direct correlation is through inbound link acquisition. The long-term opportunity is the association with trusted communities and places of industry influence and trust.
There are twenty different third party sites and sources B2B marketers should consider for placing content in their SEO strategy.
I have highlighted a few that caught my attention:
Google Properties (YouTube, Google+, etc) — unique, quality content throughout Google properties isn't just about social networking. It should provide a direct association between an organization, its thought leaders, and keyword-related objectives to the search engine.
Industry-Specific Forums — for informational search queries, we often find forum threads in search results. Forum communities are an underrated resource for developing valuable discussions and establishing brand / individual trust.
Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond
Read more here: [http://selnd.com/16vN3SR]
I selected this piece by Patricia Redsicker for Social Media Examiner for two reasons -
**It's a great review of Lee Oden's new book Optimize: How to Engage Your Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing
**The book is timely and relevant it's about optimizing content for customer and user experiences, rather than for search engines which is becoming increasingly important
Here's what caught my attention:
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage for an Optimized State of Mind
**Use words that matter most to your customers in titles, links and body copy in order to inspire your readers to take action
Chapter 9: Content Isn't King, It's the Kingdom - Creation vs. Curation
**mix curated content with original content. In fact, curating is a great way to extend your own site, but only in addition to—not instead of—your original content
So many great tips on types of content to curate, here are just a few:
**Content created by influential people who are important to your target audience
**Aggregating the best comments from your own or others's blogs
**White papers, ebooks and case studies
**Tips, how-to's and best practices
Chapter 11 Social Networking Development - Don't Be Late to the Networking Party
**Listen, participate, create optiized content and understand the triggers that will inspire sales or referrals
**It's important to know which specific social networks are relevant to your customers
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://tinyurl.com/cycs5g4]
The world wide web is supposed to be just that: world wide.
Sometimes it simply isn't, however:
This Guide, by author Jim Rion, is a must-have for anyone looking for access to the complete Internet.
This complete guide to the International web will show you: http://bit.ly/Joo3QB
**Which governments around the world restrict Internet access
Download Guide [PDF] Here: http://bit.ly/Joo3QB
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By Pawan Deshpande, CEO, HiveFire. "Last year my company, HiveFire Inc., shared the results from our B2B Marketing Trends survey".
Here's what they found and found:
**82 percent are incorporating content curation
Click through to this recent post titled "Content May Be King" for more content curation definitions and trends.)
**The fact that this represents a notable increase (up from 48 percent) from the Content Curation Adoption survey that we issued earlier that year sent a strong message that curation is gaining favor amongst marketers.
For our Curation Habits Report, we analyzed over one million articles curated by our customers to identify:
which curation methods drive the highest engagement rates and identified some interesting trends.
Here are a few things they found:
Original Content vs. Third-Party Content
On average, approximately 87 percent of curated content are third-party articles and 13 percent are original content.
**Additionally, on sites where there is a mix of original and third-party content
**original content receives approximately 17 percent more click-thru activity
**Curated sites that have between 16-30 percent original generate the most pageviews.
Capturing Reader Attention
Throughout the analysis, it became clear that there are several ways that curators can draw attention to their content.
**For starters, articles that included a picture generated 47 percent more click-thru activity than articles without.
Medium snippets (between 141 and 1,200 characters) generate 20 percent more click-thru activity than small snippets (140 characters or less) for any given curated site.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/HWl5DO]
This piece is from senseiblog. I selected it because it reaffirms the importance of using content curation as a part of your content marketing strategy.
Here are some highlights:
"Content doesn't always have to be content from your organization, your clients just need to be able to access it through you. Let's be honest, creating enough content to fulfill demand is a daunting task".
**Quality content is a sustainable competitive advantage
**the ultimate goal of your online presence should be to become a "Go To" source of information that your stakeholders log onto with increasing or sustainable frequency.
**Once achieved, the differentiation this status gives you becomes widespread generating respect, appreciation and business from both new and existing customers.
**in the grand scheme of things, content curation is an essential part of carving out a position for your brand.
**The best strategy is to curate or create content that best meets the need of your stakeholders.
**What's missing most of the time is the incentive to be social. What is the best incentive?
It is the ability to contribute in a meaningful way
**Great content starts conversations which leads to engagement and relationships.
**by adding context, some examples are links to other sources who provide more insight on the topic, expressing your viewpoint, asking questions, inviting others to comment and continue the dialogue.
Content creation, content curation and the ability to give meaningful feedback on it effectiveness is a highly engaging way to involve hundreds, if not thousands of internal staff.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/wVK9j0]
This piece (user chart included) was written and posted by Matt Silverman, contributing editor for Mashable, .
My commentary (I'm personally experiencing amazing results after being on Pinterest for about 4 months).
****Even with all the hooplah surrounding Pinterest, it's important to remember, that Pinterest is only a side dish in your business, paying attention to your main course and how Pinterest supports that is what is key. See article here: http://bit.ly/yXET4P by John Jantsch.
Having said that...........
This user engagement chart is astounding, as you see the rise in Pinterest users in a very short time.
**In my opinion, Pinterest gives you the opportunity to showcase your work without a lot of text anything that gives us a breather in that way is a blessing.
**Images speak a thousand words if you know how to use them properly.
**Showing other sides of you that are consistent with your brand message gives people a chance to see you beyond the text you post on other sites.
**Pinboards like favorite books, homes and spaces, etc. give people points of entry, a connection with you because they identify and like the same things, a great way to start a conversation, have them look to see what you do and who you are.
**Everything we do online tells a story about us, it's our digital identity, Pinterest is a place where you can tell your story in a whole different way.
**Pinterest is also a place where you can relax, fantasize about the wardrope you'd love to have, or the amazing car or cars you want to have. Let's face it, we're all plugged in 24/7, this is a place where you can lighten up and/or market your business all on the same site.
**Pinterest is not only gaining a ton of users, but those users are spending an average of 89 minutes on the site
** Facebook is still leading by 405 minutes along with Tumblr also 89 minutes but it's obvious Pinterest is moving up quickly.
**It's important to know how to use Pinterest to showcase what you do in a subtle but engaging way
Feel free to visit my topic "Pinterest Watch" a collection of articles from branding, case studies, metrics all in one place.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read article here: [http://on.mash.to/xNZoVj]
I selected this piece was written by Chris Sietsema for convinceandconvert blog because the post plus the infographic lays out a very clear and concise plan to create your content marketing strategy.
**Whether you're creating or curating content, this is something I think is very useful. This is why I rescooped this from my content marketing, social media and beyond topic.
Here are a few highlights from the article:
He compares selecting and producing content to what he calls "bricks" and "feathers".
Bricks are referred to as research reports
**are larger content productions such as research reports, events, white papers .
video series, mobile apps, etc
**have the potential to make a larger splash when executed and promoted correctly.
Feathers are comprised of simple text and photo content published via popular social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, etc.
**Less intensive than bricks from a production budget standpoint, feathers are created consistently to maintain an ongoing stream of communication between a brand and its audience.
The infographic shows you how to discern what content to use and illustrates the how, what, why and when to use it.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering, "Content Marketing, Social Media and Beyond"
Read article and see infographic here: [http://bit.ly/A6NhFb]
Beth Kanter's comment, February 26, 2012 12:26 PM
I like this analogy/metaphor. It is easy and quick to make feathers from your bricks, but the bricks take time. Can a curated collection of feathers be made into a brick? :-)
janlgordon's comment, February 26, 2012 1:10 PM
Beth Kanter
I'm glad you liked the article! I love your question, I do think a curated collection of feathers around a particular theme can be turned into a brick. What comes to mind, if you're distilling the comments from the posts (feathers) it's possible that this could evolve into a (brick) research reports, white papers, the possibilities are endless:-)
Beth Kanter's comment, February 26, 2012 1:23 PM
What comes to mind is that a smashed brick is a lot of feathers .. and that you can lead them back to the brick ... for example, I work with some advocacy folks who have these huge bricks called policy papers. They could tweet key points w/links back to the papers on Twitter. Have them cued up for a month in advance .. as you say the techniques are endless .. What I found most helpful was the objectives and metrics ..
If you're still on the fence about the signifigance of content curation and how it can propel your business, this piece from Search Engine People addresses the 7 most common B2B content curation myths and offers bulletproof answers to them.
B2B content curation is not a fad! It's a fact. According to a recent study conducted by MarketingSherpa:
**84% of the surveyed B2B buyers indicated that they are very likely to click through industry news and articles from vendor sources.
****Still, many B2B businesses fall prey to some ethical and SEO related myths that force some of them to avoid content curation altogether!
Here is one myth and the real truth that caught my attention:
B2B Content Curation Myth 2: Content Curation Is Unethical
****There is a huge difference between curating content and "pirating" content!
****Here are some ethical guidelines to help you out:
**Give tribute to the original content owners by mentioning their names linking to their content sources
**Do not republish an entire third party story and make it your own. Simply quote few paragraphs or summarize parts of the content, making a clear reference to the content owners
****ALWAYS create DO FOLLOW links to their content and rest assured that your SEO will remain intact
****Intelligently building on curated content makes your final output authentically yours. I love that thought!
Key Takeaways:
****More B2B businesses are starting to realize the questionable significance of content curation to their overall marketing strategy.
****If done right, content curation can create massive branding and SEO rewards for your business.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/rrE3VO]
This piece was put together by Jeff Bullas and selected for me by maxOz, my fellow curator.
I chose to post this piece today because as Jeff says "the social media ecosystem is now so extensive and encompassing that it would be best to stand back and reflect on some significant events and evolutionary social networks that could make a difference this year that are impacting how we communicate and connect. The comments from readers are just as interesting.
**It's important to stay abreast of these different enviornments where we blog, curate consume content and information. Knowing the landscape and understanding how to communicate in each one network is a whole other conversation.
Here's an excerpt:
The Social Media Universe
Perspective is hard to find unless you take the time to sit back, reflect and take the time to view a "Landscape" or "Universe" from a distance.
The larger the view the further back you have to stand to see the depth and breadth of the scenery and ecosystem.
Selected by maxOz and Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Media and beyond"
See article and infographics here: [http://bit.ly/zGYnAN]
janlgordon's comment, January 25, 2012 1:12 PM
Thanks for this one, great selection as always. I put it in Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond because it's has information that is important for all of us who are posting, curating, blogging and engaging on these networks. Greatly appreciated!
Deborah Verran's comment, January 25, 2012 4:09 PM
Very useful, helps me understand what kind of audience I can expect when posting onto G+
If you're still on the fence about the signifigance of content curation and how it can propel your business, this piece from Search Engine People addresses the 7 most common B2B content curation myths and offers bulletproof answers to them.
B2B content curation is not a fad! It's a fact. According to a recent study conducted by MarketingSherpa:
**84% of the surveyed B2B buyers indicated that they are very likely to click through industry news and articles from vendor sources.
****Still, many B2B businesses fall prey to some ethical and SEO related myths that force some of them to avoid content curation altogether!
Here is one myth and the real truth that caught my attention:
B2B Content Curation Myth 2: Content Curation Is Unethical
****There is a huge difference between curating content and "pirating" content!
****Here are some ethical guidelines to help you out:
**Give tribute to the original content owners by mentioning their names linking to their content sources
**Do NOT republish an entire third party story and make it your own. Simply quote few paragraphs or summarize parts of the content, making a clear reference to the content owners
****ALWAYS create DO FOLLOW links to their content and rest assured that your SEO will remain intact
****Intelligently building on curated content makes your final output authentically yours. I love that thought!
Key Takeaways:
****More B2B businesses are starting to realize the questionable significance of content curation to their overall marketing strategy.
****If done right, content curation can create massive branding and SEO rewards for your business.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond"
Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/rrE3VO]
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Today in U.S. Naval History - September 9
1825 - USS Brandywine sails for France to carry the Marquis de Lafayette home after his year long visit to America.
1841 - First iron ship authorized by Congress
1940 - Navy awards contracts for 210 ships, including 12 carriers and seven battleships
1943 - Operation Avalanche, Western Naval Task Force under VADM Hewitt, USN, lands Allied forces at Salerno, Italy
1944 - Fifth Fleet carrier aircraft begin air strikes on Japanese shipping and facilities at Mindanao, Philippines
1945 - A "computer bug" is first identified and named by LT Grace Murray Hopper while she was on Navy active duty in 1945. It was found in the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard University. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, where it still resides, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found." They "debugged" the computer, first introducing the term.
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1846 - During the Mexican-American War, a detachment of Marines and Sailors, led by Arm. Col. John C. Fremont from the sloop USS Cyane, commanded by Cmdr. Samuel F.
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its sad how unexcited the crowd and announcers are. even Michaels, the greatest sports announcer ever, seemed to barely register a safety.
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It surprises me I'm rooting for the Pats. A week ago I thought I'd be rooting for the Giants, because at least we'd have lost to the SB winner, and Brady/Belichick prevented from SB #4, but I just can't stand the arrogance of the Giants and their fans, plus I hate Eli's luck and I want it to end. Neither team belongs in this game, imo, (bitter, I know), but the Giants are even luckier to be here.
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Corner-copia: saag paneer in winter, the homemade way
When Akhilesh and Pratibha Nigam arrive at the Indian Food Corner — located at Corner Cone on Dayton and Walnut Streets — in the morning, they start each dish from scratch. If they're making saag paneer — which they undoubtedly are, since the spinach/cheese favorite is one of their five menu items…
Indian food comes to the village
The Nigam family has opened the Indian Food Corner at the Corner Cone site, selling take-out Indian food from 11 a.m.–7 p.m. each Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The restaurant's first day was Thursday, Oct. 21.
GCCC upgrades are good for the earth and pocketbook
When local architect Ted Donnell began working with the Greene County Career Center five years ago, he brought with him an environmental ethic that culminated in a $6.1 million energy upgrade over the summer, replete with geothermal heating and cooling and an insulated roof.
Hatching New Liberty Farm
The butter-yellow chicks twittering about in their baby blue swimming pools look and sound happy and healthy. Though in about six weeks, most of them will become someone's dinner, their brief lives will be spent frolicking with their brothers and sisters with plenty of grains, bugs and grass to eat. The folks at New Liberty Farms would have it no other way.
Books and cobblers at new cafe
At the new Rolling Pen Book Cafe, patrons can relax, read a book and enjoy a cup of coffee with some homemade cobbler. Newly opened in the space formerly occupied by Dolbeer's Cleaners, the book cafe is the vision of Springfield residents Brenda Stone Browder and her husband, Loren.
A chicken farm to save the planet
When local resident Kat Krehbiel hatched the idea for a local food farm, chickens were only a small part of the plan.
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In a town with a growing demographic of healthy retired people with skills to offer, the Yellow Springs Senior Center has an important role to play, according to the center's new executive director, David Scott. During his first day on the job last week, Scott talked about his idea to broaden the center's membership…
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Visitors and residents alike can walk right off the street into an oasis of health and rejuvenation at Eden World Center for Wellness and Discovery at 253 Xenia Avenue. The roster of practitioners, who serve both scheduled and walk-in clients, includes a licensed massage therapist, a reflexologist and two astrologers.
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Good fits for the new Center for Business and Education, or CBE, could be light manufacturers that make parts for wind turbines, or agricultural businesses that cater to people's growing interest in local food
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The Rolling Pen Book Cafe, now open in the former home of Dolbeer's Cleaners, is a place to relax, read a book and enjoy a cup of coffee with some homemade cobbler.


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Multi-Camera Editing Using Final Cut Pro X
Last November, the "Duel of Video Editors" pitted Premiere Pro CS6 against Final Cut Pro X. Dolores Jenersen-Madden honorably defended the Apple side of the battle and tonight, she will again show the merits of Adobe's competition. This time she will have more time to devote to this one segment of FCPX performance. You will see the lesson Dolores has prepared for her students. As you will recall, Mike McGready gave a lesson about doing multi-camera editing in Premiere Pro CS6 last month.
GoPro Marries iPhone
If you were here last month, Paul Hengstebeck gave us a sneak peak at an enviable gismo he put together. A high def GoPro camera configured wirelessly to his iPhone via an app. He will demonstrate how he controls the GoPro with his iPhone and views what he is shooting at the same time. Sweet!
Responsive Design Part 2
Mike McGready will be thoroughly exploring this subject. This part 2 of what is expected to be a 5-part series. This session will explore strategy and planning.
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A Beaver Stadium 'white-out' is an awesome sight on game day at Beaver Stadium. Fans from other schools have consistently commented that they have never seen, or heard, anything quite as impressive as a Penn State 'white-out.'
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WASHINGTON -- Like pebbles tossed into ponds, important Supreme Court rulings radiate ripples of consequences. Consider a 1971 Supreme Court decision that supposedly applied but actually altered the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
During debate on the act, prescient critics worried that it might be construed to forbid giving prospective employees tests that might produce what was later called, in the 1971 case, a "disparate impact" on certain preferred minorities. To assuage these critics, the final act stipulated that employers could use "professionally developed ability tests" that were not "designed, intended or used to discriminate."
Furthermore, two Senate sponsors of the act insisted that it did not require "that employers abandon bona fide qualification tests where, because of differences in background and educations, members of some groups are able to perform better on these tests than members of other groups." What subsequently happened is recounted in "Griggs v. Duke Power: Implications for College Credentialing," a paper written by Bryan O'Keefe, a law student, and Richard Vedder, a professor of economics at Ohio University.
In 1964, there were more than 2,000 personnel tests available to employers. But already an Illinois state official had ruled that a standard ability test, used by Motorola, was illegal because it was unfair to "disadvantaged groups."
Before 1964, Duke Power had discriminated against blacks in hiring and promotion. After the 1964 act, the company changed its policies, establishing a high school equivalence requirement for all workers, and allowing them to meet that requirement by achieving minimum scores on two widely used aptitude tests, including one that is used today by almost every NFL team to measure players' learning potentials.
Plaintiffs in the Griggs case argued that the high school and testing requirements discriminated against blacks. A unanimous Supreme Court, disregarding the relevant legislative history, held that Congress intended the 1964 act to proscribe not only overt discrimination but also "practices that are fair in form, but discriminatory in operation." The court added:
"The touchstone is business necessity. If an employment practice which operates to exclude Negroes cannot be shown to be related to job performance, the practice is prohibited."
Thus a heavy burden of proof was placed on employers, including that of proving that any test that produced a "disparate impact" detrimental to certain minorities was a "business necessity" for
Small wonder, then, that many employers, fearing endless litigation about multiple uncertainties, threw up their hands and, to avoid legal liability, threw out intelligence and aptitude tests for potential employees. Instead, they began requiring college degrees as indices of applicants' satisfactory intelligence and diligence.
This is, of course, just one reason why college attendance increased from 5.8 million in 1970 to 17.5 million in 2005. But it probably had a, well, disparate impact by making employment more difficult for minorities. O'Keefe and Vedder write:
"Qualified minorities who performed well on an intelligence or aptitude test and would have been offered a job directly 30 or 40 years ago are now compelled to attend a college or university for four years and incur significant costs. For some young people from poorer families, those costs are out of reach."
Indeed, by turning college degrees into indispensable credentials for many of society's better jobs, this series of events increased demand for degrees and, O'Keefe and Vedder say, contributed to "an environment of aggressive tuition increases." Furthermore they reasonably wonder whether this supposed civil rights victory, which erected barriers between high school graduates and high-paying jobs, has exacerbated the widening income disparities between high school and college graduates.
Griggs and its consequences are timely reminders of the Law of Unintended Consequences, which is increasingly pertinent as America's regulatory state becomes increasingly determined to fine-tune our complex society. That law holds that the consequences of government actions often are different than, and even contrary to, the intended consequences.
Soon the Obama administration will arrive, bristling like a very progressive porcupine with sharp plans -- plans for restoring economic health by "demand management," for altering the distribution of income by using tax changes and supporting more muscular labor unions, for cooling the planet by such measures as burning more food as fuel and for many additional improvements. At least, those will be the administration's intended consequences.


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