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A NOAA Corp commissioned officer with sea experience was assigned to the Melbourne NWSO in January 1993 to work with office personnel and other agencies to help in the development of the WSR-88D as a marine forecasting tool. To accomplish this task there was an obvious need to better understand marine weather features and the WSR-88D's depiction of these features. The problem was identified as twofold. First meteorologists had very little experience in the marine area, and second there were few data sources from which to draw upon to analyze these features in the detail needed. The logical solution was to interrogate features observed with the WSR-88D concurrently with surface observations made over the water. These observations would have to be made in and around radar observed features in real-time.
In March of 1993 a proposal was drafted which set the framework for a project. This proposal suggested borrowing one of NOAA's law enforcement vessels (cigarette type speed boats) to provide marine training for NWS personnel while also interrogating offshore weather features observed with the WSR-88D. In November 1993 the project was approved and funded by the NWS Southern Region Headquarters and the NWS Office of Meteorology (OM). This project would incorporate the use of existing resources to enhance data over the offshore area of radar coverage for a brief period, thus allowing for surface truth measurements while providing offshore marine experience in a "small craft" to NWS employees.
The goal of the project was to find out as much as possible about the WSR-88D, especially in the area relating to its usefulness as a marine forecasting tool. This was to be done while providing marine familiarization to forecasters. Within these broad objectives several specific items were identified as possible areas of interest:
This project was named SWIFT BOAT (Subtropical Weather Investigation and Forecaster Training using Boat Observations and Atmospheric sampling to marine Truth the WSR-88D). Like other weather field research projects, great detail in planning was needed to prepare the equipment and personnel for their task of interrogating weather features of opportunity. There were added difficulties over operating on land, namely the offshore environment would be very demanding on equipment, personnel, and was unforgiving. There were also benefits over operating on land. Having a fast vessel would allow for the interrogation of weather features from various positions not being limited to roadways or hindered by geographical obstruction. The planning document defined an operational area which extended from the coast to approximately 50 miles from shore between the area from Cape Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet, Florida. A five nautical mile grid was developed and affixed to the operational chart of the area on the boat and a corresponding WSR-88D background map developed to simplify coordination between the radar operator and the boat and prevent errors in offshore navigation and communication.
The SWIFT BOAT project was divided into two periods of field operations: winter and summer. This was done to sample weather features associated with two distinctly different weather regimes over Florida. Within the plan a detailed organizational and operational structure was established to facilitate complete collection of data in and around offshore features viewed with the WSR- 88D, while maintaining a high level of safety. Tasks were divided between a field and office team each day while the specific duties associated with overall project accomplishment were overseen by individual NWSO staff members. Field operations were carried out using existing staff members without incurring additional expenses. The vessel was loaned to the project from the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (AOC). The only expenses incurred were fuel, communications, maintenance, and other miscellaneous operational expenditures.
The Project Manager (PM) developed an operational plan that identified a vessel and the equipment needed to complete such a project. A vessel was then borrowed from the NOAA AOC. This boat was a fast cigarette type boat confiscated by the government and refurbished and used to enforce federal fisheries regulations. The vessel was outfitted with meteorological instruments, a GPS navigation system, onboard marine radar, cellular telephone, VHF radio, an optical rain gauge, and computer. The SWIFT BOAT project would not have been possible without the cooperations of NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center and the foresight of the National Weather Service (NWS) Southern Region Headquarters (SRH) who provided the initial funding for the project, with additional funding provided by the NWS Office of Meteorology and instrument funding and supplies from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM).
During the winter portion of the project (January 7 - March 2, 1994) the research teams interrogated marine features during 23 daily missions, making up 110 vessel operating hours. During the summer portion of the project (August 8 - September 22, 1994) 12 missions and 50 hours of operation were accomplished.
Ahigh-speed law enforcement type boat withtwin 454's capable of exceeding 50 knots was used for marine familiarization and training and storm chasing to calibrate the Melbourne WSR-88D in this one of a kind project. The vessel was outfitted with GPS navigation, radar, optical rain gauge, and weather instrumentation. Operating out of the Cape Canaveral Coast Guard Base, SWIFT BOAT attained virtually all its goals. Most of theMelbourne staffand some from surrounding NWS office's received valuable marine experience. Twenty three missions were run in thewinter periodand 12 were completed in the summer period. 297 marine observations were made during missions covering much of NWS Melbourne's marine warning area. The WSR-88D operator at the Melbourne office communicated with SWIFT BOAT with a cellular phone and vectored SWIFT BOAT to targets using a grid that was on the radar background and the marine charts the crew used. Although conditions during active weather on radar were rigorous SWIFT BOAT proved the concept of a chace boat for radar correlations.
Melbourne staff ran the four major inlets along our coastal waters during the winter study period to better understand what mariners have to deal with during hazardous inlet traverses. Ponce De Leon Inlet - Sebastian Inlet - Ft. Pierce Inlet - Jupiter Inlet. Forecasters also gained a serious appreciation of what different heights of seas really mean- and what the implications of a marine forecast being a feet off can feel like! SWIFT BOAT could only make speed in relatively flat waters and the crew and equipment took a beating trying to make speed in rough seas. This was perhaps the greatest limitation to covering ground to reach radar signgatures. The importance of various navigation aides and limitations were also observed by the staff. The SWIFT BOAT crews also observedthe whole spectrum of marine activity in Melbourne's area of responsibility and became much more aware of different users concerns. Significant SST gradients across water boundaries off Cape Canaveral were observed firsthand. A variety of marine life was observed by and attracted to SWIFT BOAT.
The summer period was characterized by calmer seas, hotter days, and a lot of convective weather. Primary goals for the summer were documenting life cycle of marine cumulus, observations of sea breeze/land breezes, comparing SWIFT BOAT marine rainfall measurements to WSR-88 estimates, observing the development of waterspouts, and providing ground truth for WSR-88D observations of convective boundaries and doppler wind speed. Despite considerable mechanical difficulty, that limited the number of missions, SWIFT BOAT succeeded in most of the summer goals. SWIFT BOAT penetrated many active showers and came close to many thunderstorms,but using on board radar and coordinating with the WSR-88D operator at the office with access to real-time lightning detection equipment allowed for a perfect safety record. Clearly, lightning is the greatest threat to boaters in the summer. Gulf Stream convection was documented. During the summer of 1994 many derelict Cuban rafts that had drifted north on the Gulf Stream were encountered off Cape Canaveral. Some of the rafts were quite well made, others not so seaworthy. We hoped that the people who left on the many rafts we saw were rescued in south Florida.


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Fairview, Jamestown play to tie in LSHL game
Nick Pfeffer and Andy Metzler scored goals for Fairview, which tied Jamestown 2-2 in a Lakeshore Hockey League game Sunday at Mercyhurst Ice Center.
Jamestown scored in the first period, and the Tigers (11-9-4, 5-2-2) answered with a goal in the second period. Both teams tallied one goal in the third.
Mitchell Dorunda and Collin Abbott scored for the Red Raiders.
- Fort LeBoeuf 3, SP/Riverside 2: At Ice Center of Erie, Gino Dedionisio scored two goals Sunday to lead the Bison to victory over South Park/Riverside in a non-league game.
Justin Summers also scored for Fort LeBoeuf.
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Overestimation of the effects of adherence on outcomes: a case study in healthy user bias and hypertension
- 1Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- 2Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- 3Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- 4Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Correspondence to Joanne LaFleur, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, 30 S. 2000 East, Room 258, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA; joanne.lafleur{at}pharm.utah.edu
Contributors All authors had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
- Accepted 2 April 2011
- Published Online First 17 May 2011
Background The healthy user bias is usually overlooked as an explanation in studies in which a strong association is found between poor patient medication adherence and worse disease outcomes. Such studies are increasing in frequency across disease states and influence clinical practice. Adherence to antihypertensive medications was studied to illustrate confounding in such studies.
Methods Using data from veterans with hypertension starting antihypertensive treatment, causal models were developed that predicted the risks of hospitalisation, myocardial infarction (MI) and death associated with poor adherence (<80%) while adjusting for patient demographics, baseline disease severity and disease comorbidity. In a second set of otherwise identical models, adjustment was made for time-varying blood pressure (BP), thus controlling for adherence effects that were mediated through the main pharmacological effects of the drugs. It was hypothesised that the second set of models would reveal a positive association between poor adherence and adverse disease outcomes that is largely explained by unmeasured confounders, including health-related behaviours.
Results The models that did not adjust for time-varying BP levels showed that patients with poor adherence had statistically significantly increased risks of 3.7% for hospitalisation, 28.1% for MI and 23.3% for death. These estimates exceed the benefits of these drugs demonstrated by clinical trials. When controlling for time-varying BP, the increased risks were similar (3.4% for hospitalisation, 27.7% for MI and 23.4% for death). The findings were consistent across a range of adherence thresholds (50–90%) and when allowing disease status variables to vary.
Conclusions The associations between poor adherence and outcomes are largely independent of the pharmacological effects of the drugs on BP control as well as commonly measured patient covariates. This finding suggests that even carefully designed observational adherence studies using rich clinical data are impossibly confounded and probably overestimate the true magnitude of the effect. Clinical practice guidelines based on reported adherence effects should be reconsidered.
Funding This project was supported by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), the University of Utah Primary Care Research Center Scholarship and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Competing interests JL has support from the United States (US) Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), the University of Utah Primary Care Research Center Scholarship and Novartis Pharmaceuticals for the submitted work. JL, REN, BCS and JRN have no relationships with any other companies that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years or any non-financial interests that may be relevant to the submitted work. Their spouses, partners, or children have no financial relationships that might be relevant to the submitted work.
Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the University of Utah Institutional Review Board and Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.


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Susie O'Brien: Sleazebag's back and at it
- From: The Advertiser
- July 26, 2013
HAVE you heard about America's latest sex scandal?
Posing as a man called "Carlos Danger", former US congressman Anthony Weiner has been caught sending disgusting texts and lewd photos of himself to a woman called "Sydney Leathers".
The names tell you just about all you need to know about this sordid little saga gripping the United States right now.
Sadly, though, Weiner is no random sleaze. He's an experienced politician who just might be the next mayor of New York.
You might remember Weiner, who resigned from Congress in disgrace two years ago after a series of X-rated texts he exchanged with various women became public.
Now he's been caught again, sending a 22-year-old pictures of his pecker.
Weiner admits to more sexting cases
But this wasn't just a momentary lapse of reason - it was a full-blown six-month online affair, with Weiner even promising to buy her a condo where they could meet for sex. "I'd hold you by your throat", his said in one text. "God I would **** so hard. Your **** would beg for mercy".
Some of the texts were sent even after he resigned from Congress, and was insisting he was reforming his smutty ways. This time, it seems he's determined to stick it out, refusing to resign his candidacy for NY mayor.
Apparently, what's important is his "vision for the people" and it "is not about me". (Really? If it's not about him, what is it about, then?)
Weiner also said the extended textual relationship was a "terrible" mistake that happened during a "rough time" in his marriage. (Yeah right, it was only a mistake he owned up to once he got caught.).
He went on to say "this behaviour is behind me". (Sure, just until next time.)
In this country we've had a few sex scandals of our own, and each time politicians seem determined to do whatever it takes to stay in office.
Think former federal Speaker Peter Slipper, who resigned his plum post - but not his seat - following claims he abused entitlements and sent hundreds of vile, sexist texts.
Think federal MP Craig Thomson, who's facing 173 fraud-related charges, including the use of a union credit card to pay for prostitutes and hire R-rated movies. He, too, is still in federal Parliament.
In each of these cases there has been a crucial factor in their ability to weather the sexual storm: their wives have stood by them.
This marital loyalty is a very big deal in Weiner's case. His wife is Huma Abedin, a smart, stylish and highly respected woman. "I have forgiven him, I believe in him, and we're moving forward," Abedin said in a weary tone at the recent press conference.
Abedin is also a long-time senior staff member of US politician Hillary Clinton.
Clinton, of course is uniquely placed to offer advice given that her husband, former US president Bill, is also a "hard dog to keep on the porch".
Many commentators are saying Abedin's loyalty is crucial in this case.
But I still don't understand why this talented woman would stick around with this scumbag who keeps humiliating her so publicly.
And I don't believe the voting public should have to put up with sleazeball politicians just because their wives are dumb enough to stick around.
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White Oaks, on the shores of Lake Oconee with big water views providing spectacular sunsets and natural vistas for its' visitors. Main house is an original log home with 4 bedrooms, 3 modern baths, gourmet kitchen, great trophy room with fireplace and a large garden level game room with fireplace, full bar . The adjoining guest cottage has an open vista floor plan featuring 3 large bedrooms all with full baths, a beautiful kitchen and a spacious, tastefully appointed living room. White Oaks comfortably sleeps up to 16 people with room for more. Spacious decks link the 2 dwellings forming a large outdoor living space for both lounging and dining with expansive lake views. Boardwalks lead along gardens to a rustic tree house complete with observation deck, swinging bridge, trap door, rope ladder, zip line and sliding pole. This is a perfect playground for children or treetop hideaway. Large dock for your boats with launch less than 1 mile away. 1/2 hour to Masters Golf Tournament
White Oaks Highlights: This very livable, rustic lakeside retreat, is in the heart of the Lake Oconee area and historic district not far from the Old Parks Mill ferry crossing where Confederate President, Jeff Davis, is reputed to have buried his gold. It's completely modern amenities include a true log house with great room and game room furnished for relaxation, four bedrooms and three full baths. An adjoining guest cottage, which may be rented with the log house or separate, features three bedrooms, companion baths and beautiful open vistas and lake views. Geared for indoor and outdoor living, a large connecting deck is outfitted for lounging, BBQ and dining. The dock is large, accommodating most size boats and is a short distance from the community launch. This fully furnished and equipped lake facility is ideal for family reunions, groups or corporate retreats.
Nearby Amenities: White Oaks is conveniently located for easy access to most of the Oconee region's amenities and facilities including: several golf courses, cultural facilities such as the Steffan Thomas Art museum, Andulusa, the estate of famed author, Flannery O'Connor, the Uncle Remus Museum, Rock Eagle pre-historic Effigy site, the historic towns of Madison, Greensboro, Eatonton, Union Point as well as being a short drive to Augusta and Athens. State of the art shopping and a wide selection of fine restaurants are five to ten minutes away, including the Ritz Carlton Hotel at Reynolds Plantation, available by car or by boat. You will enjoy country simplicity of living while remaining close to every amenity required for a fully enjoyable vacation on the lake.
We had a wonderful family retreat. We had fourteen family members staying on property. The lake view is great...The sunset is perfect. The children loved the treehouse and zip line.The property was clean and well-maintained. Owners provided great customer service. I would recommend this vacation home to my friends and family. Great home to relax in and enjoy your family.
We stayed in the White Oak property to celebrate my 50th birthday. None of us live in the area and were delighted at how quite and relaxing it was. We had 4 children and they loved the yard, playhouse and, of course, the lake.
The property is great for a big group -- especially if you have couples with and without children. With two houses, it is unique, but also very well equipped for diverse and changing needs. The bar area was great for paying games, and adult time while the roominess of the kitchen in the main house provided plenty of room to gather together for meals and birthday cake!! Our daughter in law is a gourmet cook and loved settling in the kitchen for the cooking phase of the trip. Entertaining is easy with two fully equipped kitchens.
While at the home, we enjoyed our grandson's first birthday and made lots of memories that will last a lifetime. On top of the property being clean, welcoming, and inviting.
We canoed and spent most of our time in the lake. The great part of the location of the home is that it is on a waterway that is not flooded by ski boats, jet skis, etc. We were able to play in the lake and take a relaxing ride down the lake without the frustration of others trying to run over us!! We did not need to travel far for anything and honestly only left when necessary. The nice part of the secluded property is that it is just minutes from shopping and activities.
We wil definately think of this property for future trips. Working with the property owner was easy and we not only would recommend White Oaks to others, we already have. Thanks for making 50 for me awesome and #1 for my grandson a time of great memories. Cindy & Davis Daniel
White Oaks is a wonderful place to gather people for a meeting and fellowship. We enjoyed it immensely. The two kitchens were great seeing we were cooking three meals a day for 24 people (only 11 stayed at White Oak overnight) for a week. We reserved one kitchen for breakfast and snacks and the other for preparing and serving lunch and dinner. The grounds, dock, and lake are beautiful. The sunsets are breath taking. It is secluded and quiet a perfect get-away. We highly recommend it for anyone seeking time together in a unique, quiet, peaceful and lovely setting. Thank you for allowing our group to enjoy your wonderful home.
I am writing this review a year late. We rented White Oaks for a corporate entertaining event around the Masters in 2010. The place was fantastic. The Scully's were very easy to deal with and we were able to arrange catering and cleaning services easily. Our guests absolutely loved it.
We stayed here in January 2010 and had a wonderful time. We rented both places and had more than enough room for everyone. The furnishings are beautiful and the houses are set-up so that no one is kept awake when some of us sit around talking into the wee hours of the night. We grilled and found all the dishes and untensils that we needed right there on the property. The place is beautifully furnished and quite comfortable. We had a fabulous time and really felt special while we were there. We will certainly stay here again. Thank you both so much!
Rented Robert's place for an event my group had at the lake. Primary house was nice, secondary house was a little dated. Air conditioning units are not sized correctly for the houses. Checked in mid-day in September and the thermostat's were set at 82 or so, by 10PM that night (units running all day) they were at 80.....impossible to cool these houses off. Did get a little better through the weekend, but Robert really should invest in better units or dual zone units.
We had an issue with Robert and a broken piece of furniture. The furniture was broken before we arrived as evidenced by someone attempting to glue it back together. Robert acknowledged this (see next paragraph) but still held my group responsible and has refused to return our deposit. Actually, that's not completely correct. He said he would return a portion of the deposit, but we stayed there 2 months ago and despite several emails stating he would, I have not seen any refund.
"It was an expensive chair and part of a set of four we purchased specifically for the log main room. We were not aware of earlier breakage but do see it now as you stated. However, it will still need to be repaired. We will have to take cost of repair from deposit." Quote from Robert Scully email dated October 9, 2010.
I don't recommend anyone staying here.
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I'm not sure I know how to characterize a "5.6 leader." Does this mean someone whose gymnastic limit is 5.6 and has never climbed before? Someone who regularly leads 5.6s, but not 5.7s?
"Sewing Machine" is not easy to protect, and it requires climbing skills not usually needed at the Lake. Those are two separate issues.
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Snickers, Tootsie Rolls, Butterfingers…all in "fun size" packages. But check the nutrition facts and this year's Halloween haul is guaranteed to spook you. Loaded with scary amounts of sugar, saturated fat and preservatives, a seemingly innocent bag of treats can play a nasty trick on your waistline. Giving yourself a free pass to indulge? Go for it! But if a major cheat day isn't in the cards, consult this under-100 calorie portion guide to your favorite Halloween treats. And if you're feeling inspired to get busy in the kitchen, we've got a few healthy homemade options! Trick or Treat Trail Mix and Low-Fat Pumpkin Cheesecake Pops are a better way to indulge in your sweet tooth.
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How do you choose a partner? Is it an irrational choice or is it made rationally, based on a mathematical model which analyses the best potential partner you are likely to meet?
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Seth Hoy: Despite repeated warnings from business groups, tourism and industry boards and advocates about the hefty price tag attached to Arizona-style legislation, state lawmakers continued to push "get tough" copycat proposals.
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A fabulously full-bodied blended malt from Douglas Laing, Big Peat is made with various Islay malts including Bowmore, Ardbeg, Port Ellen, Caol Ila. This is a 20cl bottle of Big Peat. More info
A superb blended malt whisky from William Grant, made with single malts from three famous Speyside distilleries. The result is a smooth, creamy, supple and very malty Scotch which works superbly well… More info
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I love using my Blogging 101 segment on MamaNYC as a way to share my best tips, advice, and tutorials with fellow bloggers so that we can all grow together. Hopefully new bloggers will benefit, but I think many seasoned bloggers can benefit from tips and tutorials. Heck, I read as many blogger advice articles that I can each day! There is a lot to know and things are changing by the minute. How do you keep up with the changing blogger times?
This post is going to discuss something that I am asked about all the time. If you are a frequent reader here on MamaNYC and enjoy product reviews, I am sure you have seen my FTC disclosure on the bottom of my blog posts. They look something like this ⇒
Who do I use an image for all of my disclosures, but other bloggers opt to type in their policy with basic text?
For starters, I think it is a great timesaver! I cannot imagine how tiring it would be to repeatedly type in the same message over and over for every review, giveaway, or other campaign post published on my blog. How exhausting! That's the lazy side of my brain talking…
However, I do have a valid and VERY good reason for using an image and many bloggers are unaware of the damage they are causing by typing their disclosure policy into blog posts.
How can I break this down….?
Google requires disclosure policies.
Google frowns upon disclosure policies.
Yes, I know that is ridiculous and each statement obviously contradict the other, but that's Google for you!
There are two different hats that you can wear in the world of SEO (search engine optimization): White Hat & Black Hat SEO.
White Hat SEO: You will do things the right way by educating yourself through books and online courses that show you how to improve your search engine rank position. You will email website owners asking for links directly. You call businesses and use your cordial and polite voice to ask if they want to exchange text links. This won't work for long (or at all!) and eventually you give up and turn to the dark side….
Black Hat SEO: Consider this the dark side of search engine optimization, or the little red devil sitting on your shoulder. Suddenly you notice that thousands of other bloggers or site owners are doing something a certain way, so you assume they are using the best method. Wrong.
Remember when people used to hide keywords by using black text on a black background webpage? Highlight HERE and see what I mean –> BLOGGING 101! Highlighting the entire page would reveal the hidden words, or links. If my background was black, I could have hidden that word and used hundreds of phrases that have NOTHING to do with this post, but Google would think it did – and deliver traffic to my blog!
Google frowned against this (big time!) and many sites were penalized heavily. Everyone thought this was okay because thousands of page owners used this method to alert the search engines that all of these words were discussed in the content of that page. They basically lied to Google.
Back to what we were talking about… !
Having duplicate content on multiple sites or on the same blog is horrible for your search engine optimization. Google wants content that is relevant, unique, and they do not want to give users results that will have the exact same content from link to link.
- This is why guest posts that you write should only be published once – and not on your blog to "show" your readers an article that you provided on another blog.
- This is why bloggers that sign up for giveaway hop events should NOT comply with the host requiring that they insert the "REQUIRED TEXT" without rewording or changing anything.
- This is why your blog posts need to be different than the others that you feature on your own blog.
All of those are very important, but today we are going to talk about using a disclosure policy as an image instead of text.
[1] You want (and need) to comply with the FTC.
[2] This is an admission to Google that you are violating their best practices and policies.
[3] Dozens of sites are penalized for doing this every day. Many are obviously still shown in a search, but you do run a huge risk.
Wherever you are using your disclosure policy or any other warning, admission statement, or other duplicated content from blog post to blog post, I would exchange the text version of your policy for an image based disclosure in order to comply with the FTC and keep your relationship with Google in a good place.
Use an image authoring program such as Photoshop to craft a small image file that you can use in exchange for the duplicate text. You can create multiple disclosure images to suit any sort of scenario. Here are a few different policy images that I made for MamaNYC.
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First thing you obviously need to do is craft a few different disclosure policy images. Get started by putting together a list of different post types that need a disclosure and frequently published on your blog. Examples include: review (received free product), giveaway (received monetary compensation), review and giveaway (received a free product in order to review and host a giveaway), self-sponsored giveaway (you purchased the prize yourself), and sponsored campaign posts (received monetary compensation).
Next, upload your images and name them appropriately so that you can find them again in your media library! My images all include the name "disclosure" in their titles, so I use this search term when looking for an image once my post is complete. Thereafter, I decide which policy relates to the post I am about to publish.
Another idea that you can try is to create an easy to locate Notepad or other text file that is easy to retrieve (placed on your desktop?). Insert the URL for each of the images and list them with a description so that you can identify which disclosure policy to use for each different post.
Need some help creating your disclosure policy images? Hire MamaNYC! Contact me for rates and details.
This is something I have started recently to tackle, but it is no easy task! Go back into your archives and dig up all of your old posts that include text for your disclosure policy.
Replace the text with your brand new image files and update the post. It is a time consuming and strenuous project, but setting aside just 10-minutes each day to handle 3-5 old posts will hopefully mean the job is done within a few weeks!


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Many coastal and riverine communities in the United States face serious flooding risks from sea level rise and increased frequency of severe storms. From a municipal perspective, planners and elected officials must decide what tools they will use to help private property owners adapt to climate change impacts. In her thesis, Julie Curti (MCP '15) evaluates how two communities in Rhode Island, Cranston and Westerly, have utilized buyback and elevation programs to adapt to future flooding risks.
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Smart technologies, such as smart thermostats, appear to offer a cost-effective approach to transitioning to a cleaner electricity grid. That is to say, they can balance real-time supply and demand for electricity, making it easier to integrate intermittent renewable energy sources into the grid. Brian Bowen (MCP' 15) offers a case study of Austin Energy's demand-response thermostat and their Wi-Fi connected smart thermostats. He analyzed the ability of these thermostats to reduce energy consumption during the summer of 2013. While he affirms the success of smart thermostats during peak demand, he also lays out a convincing case for the limited long-term energy efficiency potential of smart thermostats. To read more about Brain's analysis and findings, please read his thesis here.
How can we improve the results of major public transit investments?
Washington D.C.'s 2014 Metrorail expansion runs, on elevated track lines, through the sprawling and auto-oriented Tysons Corner. Originally conceived as a means of transforming Tysons Corner into a true urban downtown with high walk-ability, the Silver Line's expansion became mired in a fight over whether to go underground or above ground. In her 2015 thesis, Katie Blizzard (MCP '15) examines the history of this debate and how the public controversy led to a suboptimal. She presents strong evidence supporting a conclusion that flawed federal funding criteria, the costs associated with high-level political disagreements and the constraints imposed by uncompetitive contracting were all to blame. To read more of Katie's analysis and conclusions, click here.
Urban Agriculture Contributes to Sustainable Development of Cities: How do we make it permanent?
In the 21st century cities have increasingly adopted sustainability as a guiding principal, offering a window of opportunity for the incorporation of urban agriculture into city land use planning efforts. In addition, the engagement of commercial urban farms with local economies has allowed urban agriculture to enter the realm of economic development. Despite these advancements, many still frame their understanding of urban agriculture as interim land use while waiting for appropriate real estate development to happen. In his 2014 thesis, Andrew Cook (MCP '14) argues the sustainable development characteristics of urban agriculture can only be accessed by treating it as permanent rather than a temporary land use.
To illustrate his argument, Andrew draws on a case study of Baltimore City, specifically the temporary use on city-owned land programs: Adopt-A-Lot and Homegrown Baltimore Land Lease Initiative. Andrew traced the historical relationship of urban agriculture to city development, Baltimore's shrinking population, Baltimore's policy environment as well as the histories of each program. He found that Baltimore's view that urban agriculture runs counter to the economic growth objectives of a city, has limited the sustainability, economic, environmental and social benefits of urban agriculture projects. Through his evaluation of several urban commercial farms, community farms and demonstration farms, Andrew provides an alternate view, showing how urban agriculture can drive rather than hindering economic development. He offers a series of recommendations that woucl allow cities to realize the maximum benefit of urban agriculture. To learn more, read Andrew's full thesis here.
How can we do a better job of promoting investment in green infrastructure?
A Methodology for Greater Impact of Green Infrastructure Projects
The planning community has increasingly recognized green infrastructure as the most effective approach for cities to manage the environmental impacts of stormwater runoff, a major sources of contamination to urban waterways. Despite this recognition, green infrastructure has not yet achieved the desired scale of implementation, in part, because implementation produces highly variable results. However, green infrastructure pilot studies, called 'demonstration projects,' have been conducted throughout the United States with encouraging results.
In his thesis, Alex Marks (MCP '15), uses the case of Boston to explore how demonstration projects can further green infrastructure implementation. Alex identifies four major objectives of case studies: (1) testing the physical performance of green infrastructure for wider use, (2) fostering interdepartmental learning to construct and maintain green infrastructure projects, (3) cultivating public awareness and support for green infrastructure, and (4) achieving regulatory compliance. If demonstration projects are designed to reflect these four objectives, they can reduce the hazards of stormwater runoff. Alex constructs a recommended demonstration project methodology to assist city planners in formulating green infrastructure initiatives. Green infrastructure can contribute to greater equity in the allocation of stormwater discharge permits. To read more, see Alex's thesis, here.
How Can Cities Fund Themselves for Adaptation to Climate Change?
Despite a growing acknowledgment for need for cities to adapt changes presented by climate change, the question of adaptation finance remains uncertain. Often unable to access global climate funds, cities must seek out alternative sources to support their adaptations to climate change.
In her thesis, Toral Patel (MCP '14) examines the particularly challenging environment for local governments in India, where incomplete fiscal decentralization resulted in developmental deficits and resource constraints. Using Surat, Gujarat, as a case study, her research examines how cities in India might fund climate adaptation despite limited fiscal and administrative autonomy. It furthermore explores how the urban finance system might affect the implementation of climate adaptation strategies at the city level.
The study of Surat suggests that cities can effectively marshal funds from international, national and state sources to invest in climate adaptation. However, relying on external sources for funding has required trade-offs between policy agendas, resulting in a fluid understanding of "climate adaptation" on the ground. While the urban finance system appears to have encouraged experimentation in Surat, it may constrain the effectiveness of climate adaptation at the city level.
In addition, limited fiscal autonomy has hindered access to alternative sources to finance, such as public-private partnerships and municipal bonds. Combined, these factors have contributed to a project-based approach that may compromise longer-range and comprehensive adaptation plans.
To further cities ability to adapt to climate change, Toral identifies experimentation and innovation in financing climate adaptation as the crucial elements. Read more about Toral's work in her thesis.
How Can We Limit or Mitigate Contention Over Solar Power Infrastructure Development
Human reliance on fossil fuels has led to a wide range of adverse environmental and health effects. As our understanding of these impacts has grown, so has the search for other, more sustainable sources of energy. One such source is solar power. The federal and state governments of the United States have created various policies and financial incentives to encourage adoption of solar energy technologies.
While solar energy offers tremendous potential benefits, siting utility-scale ground-mounted photovoltaic arrays can give rise to strong public reaction. In her 2014 thesis, Siting solar energy facilities in New York state: sources of and responses to controversy, Casey Stein (MCP 2014) examines the controversy, or lack thereof, surrounding the siting of utility-scale solar energy facilities in New York by exploring two case studies – the Skidmore College Denton Road solar array and the Cornell University Snyder Road solar array.
Despite the large number of commonalities between these two solar energy facilities, the Skidmore College array created a much greater level of controversy than the Cornell University array. Analysis of this divergence indicates that choice of the physical site is a crucial determinant of the extent of controversy. While local impacts are an important concern, Casey demonstrates the reasons for controversy go well beyond those tangible impacts. Issues related to information, equity, and trust played roles as key sources of controversy. By comparing and contrasting the controversy surrounding these two solar energy arrays, Casey is able to offer recommendations to limit or mitigate contention around future solar power infrastructure development.
To read Casey's thesis, click here.
Building Stability Through Decentralization
As India continues to industrialize and urbanize, levels of consumption and waste continue to grow, placing stress on waste management systems.
Traditionally, Indian cities relied upon a combination of a formal municipal collection and processing; informal recycling, collection and processing; and waste pickers. However, urban sprawl and a lack of sites for new landfills have outpaced the capacity of traditional systems. The response has been to turn to private enterprise to manage waste, but this approach comes with severe draw backs in terms of social and environmental justice.
India's waste pickers are vulnerable to changes in solid waste management policies. A shift towards more formal privatized systems, leaves little room for this large labor force. Privatized waste management also hinges on maximizing profits at scale, thus leading to greater reliance on landfills. This disproportionately effects the most vulnerable groups in cities, since they do not have the political power to resist the siting of new landfills.
In her 2014 thesis, Caroline Howe argues for Indian cities to build the capacity of the informal waste management sector and to invest in decentralized waste processing. By investing in these ways, Caroline finds, Indian cities would develop a more sociall- just, economical, and environmentally friendly waste management system. In addition, by protecting a large population of workers in India, cities would be more resilient to economic and social challenges.
What are the real costs and benefits of fracking in Pennsylvania and West Virginia?
Are the models used to evaluate the costs and benefit of natural mineral extraction reliable? Do they accurately account for the most important benefits and costs communities are likely to experience during a process like fracking?
In Sara Lynn Hess's 2014 thesis, Extracting the Economic Benefits of Natural Resources in the Marcellus Shale Region, she highlights the key challenges associated with valuing the impacts and products of shale extraction. Focusing on West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Sara compares the benefits of resource extraction with their capture and distribution costs. In addition, she develops a simple framework that communities can use to assess whether their utility companies and regulators are focusing on the "right" costs and benefits prior to allowing drilling to begin.
In her case studies of Virginia and Pennsylvania, Sara illuminates the natural resource curse, wherein areas rich in resources often fail to realize the economic and social gains associated with extraction while bearing substantial immediate costs. Both Virginia and Pennsylvania have experienced severe environmental damages while realizing limited economic booms. Both states have approached shale gas mining with the hope of limiting damage and ensuring the sustainability of the natural gas industry. However, Sara's analysis shows that uncertainties abound, both in terms of the long term commitments of the companies involved and in the ability of regulators to limit environmental damage. To learn more about these uncertainties read Sara's thesis, here.