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are the most crucial and overlooked part of writing an article. It's
the first impression you make on any prospective readers. Without a
compelling headline that turns a browser into a potential readers, your
killer content can go to waste.
Even if you have a large chunk of subscribers. Most people will see your headline along with some other headlines in their feed reader, and it's obvious that they can't read all post in their feed reader, they only pick the one's that have a compelling headline and draw their curiosity to read the full story.
Imagine a newspaper or magazine with no headlines. Imagine a print ad with no headlines. Imagine a long-form sales page with no headlines.
A waste i guess?
People today are hunting for information. With so many blogs to read, so many stuffs to Like on Facebook, so many tweets to favorite or re-tweet, so many videos to watch. But how do you entice readers to consider your content first?
You need to focus on your ability to write compelling headline!
You don't have to be a pro-writer, it just about the way you can create curiosity and study what work best.
If you aren't confident in your ability to write outstanding headlines, you're not alone. Most bloggers and writers find it so challenging to actually craft captivating headlines.
I sometimes deliberate over titles for 30-60 minutes before i finally settle for one that works. And I often go back and change them if their performance are poor. This is what it takes to write a good headline.
If you are stuck and couldn't write a compelling headline for your blog, try these simple tricks that works for me:
1. Count The Benefits
Write about 50 ways to do something your audience might find interesting and helpful, and see a great upsurge in your site statistics.
If you are writing a post that shows 20 tips to blog as a pro, why don't you show in the title that you are providing 20 tips?
- 10 tips to blog like a pro
- 10 tips to write great content that convert
- 15 ways to suck your blog
- 9 smart ways to get free quality blog traffic
There aren't really any rules regarding what numbers work best, but large number like 42 or 50 can catch people's attention, because it will show readers that you have a lot to say on the topic.
2. The Why, What, When, and How Headline
These are trigger words and they are the widely used format in writing a captivating headline. They are very effective in creating curiosity that get clicked.
The headline says why something is important or relevant or secret or effective, but to find out exactly why that is, you have to read the article.
- Why people struggle to get what they want?
- Why you need to write great headline?
- Why You Will Fail at Blogging
- What you need to succeed at blogging?
- When should you monetize your blog?
- How to write compelling headline that people can't resist
- How to reduce your blog bounce rate fast
3. Use Adjectives
When it comes to writing headlines. Adjective plays a vital role. Proper use of adjectives in headline are attention-grabbing and easily get clicked.
Some interesting adjectives that work like charm include:
- Secret
- Strange
- Smart
- Easy
- Effortless
- Simple
- Incredible
- Free
You have to be very careful when using adjective in headline. Always avoid subjective claim like "The leading ......" or "The only one ......" or "The number one ......" etc. Most people use it, but they are futile; like claiming your post or blog is the best in the world. Sounds weird, right?
These sorts of claim are tempting really, but it will demote your credibility if the post doesn't truly provide what the headline advertise.
4. Urgent Headline
An urgent headline calls for immediate attention. Great headlines that demand attention use some type of time aspect to drive interest.
"Write Better Headlines" is not nearly as compelling as "Write Better Headlines Today!". Just one word can trigger a sense of urgency and make all the difference.
Give your headline a sense of urgency by using a time element. Use a specific unit of time in your headline, such as:
- Now
- Today
- Soon
- Day, Month, year
People are generally prone to take action if they know they're running against time. But make sure you withdraw your offer at the stated time. If you're going to extend the deadline, you should provide a better reason because your credibility is at stake.
- 24 hours left to download my free report
- If you don't fix x NOW, then y will happen.
5. Be Specific
I noticed that most of the highest converting headlines on the web are more specific. Qualifying your headline with specific phrase tends to be targeted and catchy.
Let's say you are above 40years of age and you read this two headline:
"Health tips"
"Health tips for people above 40years"
Which one will you read first? The later, right?
Instead of writing "100+ ways to do something," write something like "108 ways to do something." "Get a T-shirt for less than $20" is not as catchy as "Get a T-shirt for only $14." Let's people easily know what is in your post for them. Your headline must relate to a specific offer or to a specific result or benefit. The headline can't be vague or ambiguous.
6. Keep it Short and Clear
What is the ideal length for headlines?
Eight words or less is a good rule of thumb. Shorter headlines are easy to share especially on Twitter where your tweet are limited to only 140 characters.
It is difficult to stick to this rule, but nonetheless, it's a good one. Fewer words make greater impact.
There's no reason why you should use long tail keyword phrase for SEO sake, short keyword phrase if appropriate. Remember the article needs to be read by people, and not just search bots. So if your headline looks too forced it's going to be a big turn-off for your audience.
Consider the following two examples:
10 things that will make people not to read your blog again
10 Killer ways to suck your blog
Notice any difference? That's the effectiveness of brevity!
There are times where long words works well. But trying to stick up with shorter words have always be the best and effective ways to write compelling headlines.
7. Controversy Headline
Taking a stand on a big issue or vocalizing your opinion can be very effective at attracting readers and increasing click-through rates. If you can write a headline that go against a bad product or popular practice, write it. If you find out a way of doing things that people will find it hard to believe, get your computer ready!
Controversy is one of those things that tends to pique people's interest. But you have to back these types of titles up with posts that reflect the title and with good reasons.
Avoid race, religion, and extremely sensitive topics so you don't earn a bad rep or offend a lot of people, because when you create controversy, you'll attract opinions, questions and different reactions.
8. News Format
People are pre-disposed to seek out what is new and different in their environment. To give readers a reason to read your blog content, your headline must say something she never heard before. If your headline make her feel "i already know about that." that's a big turn-off.
Putting your headline in terms of a story, news or announcement, have always works great. Headline starting with "Introducing", "At last", "Finally", "New", "Now", "Just released" and so on are all tested winners.
If you want to get inspiration, look at the cover of magazines or news paper. Those editors sure know how to write compelling headlines. They know the secret of headlines: it's the headlines that sells. Same thing with your blog headlines.
9. Make BIG Claims
When you have a "Wow" level content, share it! Making big claims have prove to be very effective in driving people attentions. People who don't really need your post will also like to check it out.
When making big claims, you have to back up your claims with tangible proof or testimonial if you don't want to run a risk of loosing your readers interest.
- How i make $40,000 less than a month using [blank]
- You don't have to be a runner to win a marathon
10. Make a Promise
Will you teach your readers how to learn a new skill? Will you persuade them to do something they never done before? Will you unlock an ancient mystery? Whatever the story will do, it should have some use to the reader.
For your reader to see value in your copy, you must show how it will help him. Remember that people buy because they want a result. Make your headline have your big promise in it - and guarantee it!
- Sell your house in a day
- Get rid of that carpet stains once and for all
- How to burn fat until you hit your ideal weight - GUARANTEED!
To make your promising headline, simply speak to the issue which is foremost in your reader's mind - the solution he have been craving for. Always deliver what you promised.
11. Ask a Question
Questions are a good way to arouse readers curiosity, effective at getting readers to leave comment, powering them to want to find out more and give them a need to read the full story.
- Why doctors don't get sick?
- Would you travel 1000miles for this girl?
- Do you make this blogging mistake?
When you ask a question, those who read it are wired to respond. But these is also risky if the readers immediate answer is 'no'. A question like "Do you want to know my blogging secrets?" might get a 'no' as answer. Likewise "Do you need a web designer?" can get skipped. Asking rhetorical question like "How do you know when it is time to hire a web designer?" sounds enticing.
Further Headline Writing Tips
- Write it first: Can you start writing an article without knowing the main idea or concept behind it? Can you write it without knowing what it's about? Of course not. Don't save the headline for last. You must write it down first so as to know where the article is headed.
- Write different version: Don't just go with the first attempt. Write down 5-7 different styles and experiment the one that sound enticing by saying it loud or re-check it with a fresh mind after few hours to see how it will appeal to your audience.
- Use bold font size: Make sure the font size for your headlines is big and clear enough so people know they're headlines. You've spent time creating headlines you can be proud of, won't it be a waste if people can't read them?.
- Check for boring headlines: Go through your blog archives to see if there is any headline that turn-off readers. If you find some, change it to give room for more people to read.
People don't want to be tricked into reading something boring, they want to be drawn into something exciting. Don't make them feel depressed after reading your copy. The time spent on crafting your great headline, should also be spend on creating great content to back it up.
There's a lot more you can study when it comes to headlines, but practice is more important than study, so get out there and create articles that need headlines, and incorporate the above best practice.
Another great resources on writing great headline is written by Brian Clark, titled How to write magnetic headline.
Which one of the above approaches have worked for you? Do you know any other techniques you think we have missed? Send it our way, and good luck with your next compelling headline.
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Six women were Ordained as Catholic Priests by the Association of Roman Catholic Priests over the weekend. The event; which took place at the Brecksville United Church of Christ was packed with supporters for the ceremony that was led by a presiding female Bishop. The ceremony was not recognized or included by the Roman Catholic Church which states that the ordinations are not valid and could be grounds for excommunication from the church.
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- 1-1/4 cups milk
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- 1/4 cup chopped navel orange
- 1/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 1/4 cup chopped red maraschino cherries
- 1/4 cup chopped green maraschino cherries
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
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- In a large bowl, combine flours and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Gradually add milk, stirring with a fork until mixture forms a soft dough. Fold in the cranberries, orange, pineapple and cherries.
- Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 4-5 times. Pat into a 13-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Cut into 3-in. x 1-in. strips; place on greased baking sheets.
- Bake at 425° for 11-5 minutes or until golden brown. Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over strips. Serve warm. Yield: about 3 dozen.
Editor's Note: As a substitute for each cup of self-rising flour, place 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a measuring cup. Add all-purpose flour to measure 1 cup.
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Department of Marine Resources Officials say landings have been down in recent years and the new regulations are a conservation measure.
Fishermen say converting their gear to bigger rings and reducing the number of days they can harvest scallops will be expensive and devastate the industry.
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I found directions for making Sparky on a baking site called sprinklebakes. Instead of gum past I used paper clay and styrofoam balls to build him. Since Sparky is all ready a zombie dog I didn't go overboard on the gore but stuck to the original. His body to head ratio is off, other than that I was pleased with how he turned out.
I didn't take photos of the process because I'm sure the way I built him was not the easiest or correct way to do it.
Did I ever mention my independent, self sufficient need to not follow directions?
Sparky didn't make the size requirements so I decided to make another small zombie. This was the perfect opportunity to pull out my Zombie Felites book and have a go at one of the patterns. I chose the bunny because one of my partners favorite colors is pink. Other than enlarging the pattern I followed the instructions exactly. (Yeah Me!! ... The second zombie bunny, not so much). While taking this bunny's photo I used a funny carrot I had made one day with left over paper clay as a prop. After the photo shoot I had a light bulb idea and the sign Eat Your Vegetables was born.
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In MI (an OC state) a CPL allows you to legally carry a loaded firearm in a vehicle. State law lists any weapon in a vehicle within arms reach as "concealed". There are additional laws describing legal firearm transport. You may walk around OC, but would have to properly prepare your pistol for transport to enter a motor vehicle unless you have a CPL. Some states consider the glovebox or center console legal storage and do not require unloading.
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I'll be at the chevron on idaho and the 60 at 9pm leaving at 915 for anyone that wants to come out with me. This will not be for the faint of heart and I will be leading. I'm only gonna stop at the top unless i notice something amiss (i'm pretty observant). I just want to see how the new tires hold up and where they are going to rub the most.
if something comes up i'll be sure to update by noon on friday.
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Ever been a hair model?
Hello fellas!
Have you ever been a hair model? If so, would you please share your experience, how you got the position, would you do it again, and what you did/didn't like?
I'd love to be one, but have had no luck finding a position. At your convenience, please share your feedback! Thank you for your time and I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
I'm actually about to look into that myself. I'm closely connected to a lady who produces one of the major lines of hair products. And, at a few random barbershops, they've asked me to take pictures so that they could showcase my texture, so I figure I've already got something to set me apart from others.
Being a hair model is a dream come true, but I never been like that. I hope so.LOL
I actually had a friend who was a Nexus model (body, face and hair). One thing you might want to do is call local promotions agencies. Promotions agencies look for models to sell all sorts of products and they often pay really well.
You can try searching the internets for promotions agencies. Good luck ;)
I have been a model (not a hair one) but i mainly became one because of the hair(several photographers approached me on the street and said they would like to see me in their next photoshoot)
This is my experience in Europe at least.
Mostly they hire women as "hair" models as the hair industry is mainly focused on female consumers,
You can always do a little research on the web,check some agencies etc.
Best of luck mate :)
I know you're thinking of modeling your hair, but if you're also looking to make $$ from your look and curly know-how, your could start posting a bunch of how-tos for curly hair on your youtube channel. Once you gain a substantial number of subscribers, send emails to a few of your favorite curly hair product companies w/links to your youtube channel, your website, and attach a jpg pic of yourself. Tell them you are excited about their products and are willing to review or promote their product/s on your channel/website, for $$. Plenty of people are doing this now.
You can also look into having your vids posted on this site in the "videos" section, possibly to review products for pay, or just to offer curly advice and increase traffic to your channel/website. Not sure how this works. You'd have to ask the staff about that.
I wish I could be a hair model. But hair is bad :rendeer:
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Can someone tell me where the traction control sensors are at on my 2002 Seville SLS. The light is on and a mechanic told me the sensors may had dirt or grime on them. Just trying to save a few dollars and see if that's the problem before taking it to a shop and pay out a fortune.
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An interview with the driving force being Perpetual's flagship title
Daron Stinnett is the Producer of Star Trek Online. This industry veteran was previously the subject of a developer profile on our site. Today, we have an interview with him that focuses in on what you truly want to know: Star Trek Online. To go with the interview we also have two screenshots from the game (which are also included in this article).
We are an early phase of development where we are working on our design, prototyping our new ideas, laying down foundation for our tools and technology framework, and doing a lot of planning. We have quite a bit of company technology, tools, and processes to draw upon, so we expect to be in full scale production by this summer and begin our initial public beta tests in the summer of 2007.
Playable races are those that you might expect to see on a Starfleet starship and will likely include Human, Vulcan, Klingon, Bajoran, Bolian, Trill, Tellarite, Andorian. The controversial issue is our decision to have Star Trek Online focus exclusively on Starfleet at launch. The immense scope of MMOs means that if you want to build a multi-faction game, then those factions had better be carbon copies of each other from a game mechanics point of view. But the "coat of paint" approach just doesn't work with Star Trek. Starfleet is very unique, as are the other factions and we didn't feel that anyone wanted a watered down experience in order to achieve a multi-faction game. Starfleet, with its focus on starship life, space combat, exploration, and away missions, presents a challenge to MMO conventions that has pushed us to come up with fresh ideas that will give players a very new online experience. And ultimately, innovative gameplay and respect for our license are the things that will provide the greatest value for players.
We're committed to doing both space and ground for Star Trek Online because it is the right thing to do. But you're right to point this out as a challenge for the development team. Building two games at once is hardly a recipe for success, so we've put a lot of effort into figuring out how to unify the mechanics between the two environments, while maintaining the unique flavor of each.
We also want to avoid creating two kinds of games from the player perspective, so we are building a world where players will feel equally capable in either arena. Just as it is in the series, we expect player characters to move freely between the two environments. This will enable us to weave space and ground gameplay together in a single mission. For example, its not hard to imagine mission that takes place within a derelict Borg Cube that allows the player to complete that mission either on foot or by ship, or a combination of both. The possibilities are endless and we're planning on giving players a lot more mission variety than they are used to.
Both space and ground combat have similar RPG style combat mechanics, but the similarities end there. Like a mount in land-based MMOs, your starship will speed you across the galaxy to destinations unknown. And of course starships are so much more than mounts since they are also upgradeable combat platforms that also happen to have accommodations for your friends. Players will have the choice to go it alone, group with other ships, or form a crew to maximize the combat power of any single ship. And at higher levels, Admirals will have the ability to form armadas that can be a combination of crewed capital ships and escort ships to tackle high level missions.
We made the decision a while ago to focus space combat on teamwork and strategy rather than the aerobatics of space flight. This has been a controversial decision, but its one we're sticking to because we don't want STO become a combat flight-sim, which would inevitably happen if we asked players to navigate with a full six degrees of freedom.
You've pointed to one of the most challenging aspects of making a Star Trek MMORPG. Part of the appeal of Star Trek is its realism. At the same time, we're committed to making a game that is entertaining regardless of your level of enthusiasm for Star Trek. This means that core gameplay features can never be considered fun just because they are modeled after Star Trek. In other words, our gameplay needs to stand on its own as a satisfying gameplay experience. Sometimes this goal drives us to bend or even break the established rules of Star Trek. But most of the time, our twin goals of achieving fun gameplay while respecting the values of Star Trek drives us to find truly unique solutions that both satisfy the needs of the license and happen to advance the genre.
Paramount, and now CBS, have been wonderful to work with. They recognize that an MMORPG is one of the best ways to pay off on the Star Trek experience and they've been very supportive. Everyone understands that there are details of Star Trek that may have worked great for the show, but are a challenge for an MMORPG. To facilitate those changes, Paramount/CBS has put us in touch with the original show designers, like Mike Okuda and Andrew Probert, to update Star Trek to better meet the game's needs. Working with these guys has been a great experience and they are just as excited as we are to take Star Trek in a new direction.
The uniforms are a good example of an area where we've needed to evolve the look of Star Trek to support the game. Star Trek uniforms from the shows tend to be very subtle in their variation, which of course works when you're filming close enough to make the actors themselves the stars of the show. But for an MMO, It's well understood that giving players the ability to customize their look as their character evolves is an important part of any MMO as is the ability to recognize player rank and specialty from a distance. So we have created new uniforms that are still very recognizable as Star Trek, but with recognition and customization features that will work well in our game world.
Recently, we've been focusing on look development, a process of creating real-time scenes that demonstrate the visual quality we expect for our various environments. The first environment we tackled was the interior of a starship and we've just recently released a few shots from that effort. Though it will likely be sometime towards the end of 2006 before we start releasing screenshots that show off gameplay.
Star Trek is a powerful license and it's not hard to imagine why it will make for a very exciting MMO. So though we have a lot of great material to show, we're moving cautiously because we know there is plenty of time to generate a high level of awareness. We really enjoy having a dedicated fan community to discuss our ideas with, and while it's really tempting to feed our ego by showing great images, we don't want to make the mistake of growing the community to a size that's beyond our capability to support this early in development. Keeping a low profile while supporting an "inner circle" fan community for such a highly anticipated product is a tricky balancing act, but we're confident that we have time to get our message out to the gaming public and when we're ready to do so, we'll come out swinging.
We're already actively involved with our fan community. They've been a great source of ideas and an opportunity for us to get feedback on our plans. When I started last summer, the fan forums were populated mainly by hard core Star Trek fans. And it's been really enjoyable to see the community grow and become more diverse as more casual Star Trek fans and MMORPG players have joined the mix.
We haven't started up our own forums yet but there are some great fan sites out there that do have forums where anyone can discuss the game. We tend to frequent the most active sites by responding to posts and following the discussions. Many of the ideas floated in the discussions have influenced our thinking and to facilitate feedback, I've been writing a development update on our site (www.startrekonline.com) that gives everyone a preview of the design issues we'll be working on next.
It is a great opportunity to get involved early and influence a game's design, learn more about the game development process, and see a game come together in real-time. Releasing information and involving the community this early has been a risk for us though. Our fans will have to wait longer than usual to play the game they've been following. But we feel like the strategy has paid off by helping us design a better game and in continuing the long standing tradition of a close relationship between the fans and Star Trek.
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starting the show off with a match is always the way to go with a new show, IMO. Especially when the show is so wrestling-orientated like Xplosion. All three are good enough athletes and good enough wrestlers to put on a hell of a match. In terms of your actual match, you managed to get in all three men's signature moves which is good and all three were kept relatively strong. Surprised you gave AA the win considering how much you mark for Sydal, but Aries will always be the stronger character of the three and going forward, I imagine him being one of the men at the forefront of the brand.
Pretty generic promo from Foley here, nothing realy interesting to say and nothing the commentators just couldn't have said. All he did was hype up the show, which I do understand, but I feel that you used it just to get Foley on the show. Personally, I would have added a little more substance and purpose to him coming out, but whatever. You hyped the show and you got Foley out there, I guess.
Interesting to see a little confrontation between Homicide and Foley. It would have made more sense for this to be a part of the last segment instead of havingback to back Foley segments. Plus if Homicide were to interrupt Foley mid-promo, it would give him that little bit more heat and make him seem like he generaly don't give a shit who Foley is, which I imagine is the kinda of dynamic you want to give Homicide. I would love for a little more conflict between Homicide and Foley; both are strong characters and both are compeltely different.
Interesting to see you're not having Don West as Red's manager anymore, for whatever reason. Meh, I'm not too keen on that but whatever. The six man it's self got the job done; provided a good match, gave 6 men on the roster a lot of exposure on the first show and having Red pick up the win ahead of his match at Final Resolution was the best booking decision available. Plain and simple stuff here (y)
Aries sounded pretty generic here, and generic is one of the last words I'd give to A-Double. Maybe it's you not being used to writing things out in full or maybe it's because you haven't really given Aries a character yet and you're just using him as a generic heel, or maybe it's because you haven't seen enough of Aries. Whatever reason it is, it doesn't stop the promo from being generic. Now being generic isn't always a bad thing, but you'd want to avoid it, especially for someone like Aries who I can imagine you plan on being someone you're building the show around. PAUL LONDON~! Weird appearance and a weird way to debut, but I did have a little chuckle to myself. I wonder where this is going...
AmDrag coming to Xplosion? Jesus christ, the roster is cramped already lol. Maybe you need to go to two hours?
I don't know about this, ut I'll give it a chance. With Aries, Homicide, Red, seemingly Paul London also, I can't see where Danielson is going to fit in. But I'll give it a chance...
Once again, a decent enough match. Both men were showcased and it's no surprise that Kidd won. Nothing more I can say, just filler really...
The main event was as great as I imagined it to be. I would have liked to have seen this in full, however, simply due to how big of a match this is. With Xplosion being the home of the X-Division, the X-Division title MUST be treated like another World Title, in my opinion, so in essence this match SHOULD have been treated as a World Champion vs. World Champion match - How often does that happen? Anyway, you managed to keep everyone looking strong in the match and after the match. Homicide looked like a mean, vicious thug. Styles was cheated out of a victory and it was Amazing Red that stood tall at the end of the night, so I have no complaints here.
Overall, I feel the booking it's self was great. Everyone was kept looking strong and everyone was given a chance to be showcased. However the writing was a little bit lacklustre. Now I understand that you don't normally do full shows, and I understand that I was one of the people that pressured you in to writing a full show and I still say you should continue doing so, but all of the promos seemed very generic. Nothing really stood out to me, it was just very "meh"'ish, if that makes sense. Whether that is indeed down to you hardly ever writing in full or because you're not exactly familiar with the wrestlers. Whatever it is, it never hurts to do some more research, watch youtube videos etc. and just grasp the wrestler's style and delivery. However, I am looking forward to AmDrag's debut, I am looking forward to seeing where Paul London goes after the weird debut he had this week, and I am looking forward to see if there is any more conflict between 'Cide and Foley, as well as how the X-Division Championship match will be built heading in to Final Resolution - So you have got my interest heading in to next week's show. Good job, broski.
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You know those Forest Service cabins and campgrounds your tax money paid to build and continues to pay to maintain? On Feb. 2, according to a press release from several national forests in the area, it's going to get a little easier to reserve them—by which I think they mean more expensive.
It seems the federal government, in accordance with its standing policy that public resources be squeezed for as much private profit as possible, has handed over responsibility for the reservation of all rental cabins, lookout towers and group-use areas throughout the company—oops, I mean country—to an entity called ReserveAmerica. And since the government handed over the concession as a monopoly, you can expect to encounter monopoly pricing when you make your reservations.
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People, could we pay just a little more attention to who benefits from the way the government is running the country? Because it sure isn't the public.
Okay. Deep breath. Moving on.
The only place to go from here is into another area where the government has granted special privileges to private interests via access to public resources. I'm writing, of course, about ski areas. In this case, I have to admit that I love to ride lift-serviced territory, but at least the people who don't still have options. If you've got something against Snowbowl, at least the Rattlesnake is right next door.
Very soon, there won't be a single Forest Service cabin or campground you can stay at without forking over a sizable fee to some international technology and media conglomerate. Speaking of Snowbowl, I've got nothing but good wishes for it. Lately, that seems to mean that every time it rains in Missoula, I try to gauge just how low down the mountain the snow line is likely to descend. It looks like lately the snow has been falling pretty far down. Still, there's a big difference between the 22 inches of coverage they report at the base and the 82 inches they report at the top.
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Up north, Big Mountain says there are good conditions up high with crust down low. Heading east, Discovery's getting steady snow but low accumulations. Big Sky and Moonlight Basin are both reporting a Tuesday powder day, yet another in a long train of days with great conditions ensured by their elevation and the weather moving across the whole region.
UM's Outdoor Program has a few events people seeking the snow might want to tune in for. Monday, Feb. 6, and Tuesday, Feb. 7, there will be a $10 Avalanche Transceiver clinic; On Wednesday, Feb. 8, you can learn ski & snowboard maintenance for free. In both cases, you should sign up by Friday, Feb. 3, by calling 243-5172. Speaking of signing up, you've got until Monday, Feb. 6, to sign up for the snowshoeing and track identification session going on Saturday, Feb. 11. Dial the same digits for that one.
Enough with the snow, let's move on to some spring sports. Little League Baseball and Softball are just around the corner, which means that sign-up time is arriving even sooner. It could be as early as this week or as late as the beginning of March. Fortunately, Hal Karl has offered to serve as a contact for folks interested in signing their young'uns up for some old-fashioned national pastime team building. Call him at 258-6117 to find out what sign-ups you should plan to head to.
The Sierra Club plans to meet from 5:30 to 7 PM on Tuesday, Feb. 7, when they aim to entice you into joining up as a volunteer. There'll be pizza…
The Rocky Mountaineers have also got a confab in store—or, perhaps, in the store—on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 PM at Pipestone Mountaineering. That's where Joe Oliphant will give a presentation on alpine caving in Austria and Poland, possibly the least local reference in this week's Indy, whose mission it is to bring you Western Montana on a stick.
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Aerin barely escapes slavery on the planet Vizhan, fleeing in her father's broken down ship, the Fugitive. Knowing nothing of her past and having no answers since her father died when they crashed on Vizhan years ago, Aerin has no where to turn. Luckily, a friendly captain takes her onto his ship and secures her a place at a prestigious school, Academy 7. Aerin knows that she doesn't really belong at Academy 7, doesn't belong to the Alliance — the governmental body that supports the academy, and is at a disadvantage since she has had no formal education, so she works extra hard to prove herself, to prove that she belongs and give no one a reason to question her presence. Dane is the son of the Alliance's military commander. His father is powerful and rich but a very hard man. Nothing Dane does can measure up to his father's standards. When Dane is accepted to Academy 7, he only excepts the invitation because he knows his father would not approve, his father having some sort of falling out with the academy years ago. Dane is famous because of his father's name and his own bad boy reputation, but behind it all is a cunning mind and he is determined to stay at Academy 7, at the very least to annoy his father. Aerin and Dane are very different but have more than they can expect in common. They both have tough, questionable pasts. They compete for top honors in every class. They both have secret pasts. Aerin and Dane are drawn together but will secrets and their own self destruction keep them apart?
Reaction: I found Academy 7 a quick, satisfying read. While the setting is technically sci-fi, with different habitable planets, easy interplanetary travel, artificial living environments, and more, readers who are not fans of sci-fi will still enjoy the story because at its center is simply two people with complicated lives trying to get by. I think teens will find themselves able to easily relate to both Aerin and Dane. They are both prickly because of their pasts and not very trusting of others. Aerin spent years fighting for her life as a slave. Dane's father, while highly revered, abuses Dane both verbally and physically. What they don't know is that they are connected by more than just similar experiences and attitudes, but by their family's shared pasts. While secondary to their overall connection, finding out the truth about their pasts is an important part of Dane and Aerin's story. Readers who like character driven stories with scarred but healing characters will enjoy Academy 7.


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The company in question is Digitude Innovations, a company out of Virginia that is filing infringement claims with the ITC left and right. It's asserting patents against HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony, RIM, Nokia, and Amazon. But again, not Apple.
Digitude was formed in 2010, so all of its patents have been obtained from other companies. This last April Digitude announced they had formed a strategic partnership with a leading consumer electronics company, and then the sue-fest began.
The partner was unnamed, but of the four patents that Digitude is asserting two of them belonged to Apple earlier this year. The patents were transferred through Cliff Island LLC, a shell company that only exists on paper, and is run out of the same office as Digitude's lead investor.
So something appears to be rotten in Cupertino. It's unclear whether Digitude is an outright hired gun, or if Apple was initially threatened with a lawsuit from Digitude and decided to turn a negative situation into a positive one (for them) by paying them off in patents. Either way, Apple has transferred its intellectual property through a shell company to a patent troll, who is now creating even more chaos for Apple's competitors. Handling the deal through shell companies has so far allowed Apple to avoid the publicity of launching another round of lawsuits.
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On April 20-21, Felix Madrazo, Adrien Ravon and Arend van Waart will participate in the 4th International City-Gaming Conference to be held at The New Institute in Rotterdam.
Winy Maas, director of The Why Factory, will give a lecture during the Design Indaba Conference next March 2017.
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The Why Factory: 10 years of Research, Education and Public Engagement
Exhibition at COAM in Madrid (15 Dec 2016 – 30 Jan 2017)
The Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) in collaboration with The Why Factory and TU Delft announce the opening of the exhibition "The Why Factory: Research, teaching and public engagement (2006-2016)" reflecting on a decade's research on the future of cities. The exhibition is organized around nine claims along which the activity of The […]
Save the date! December 15th. The Why Factory exhibition opens at COAM Madrid. Lecture by Winy Maas at 7 pm. More very soon!
What if cars disappear? What if the planet enters a new ice age? What if we are forced to live in complete autarchy?… Having understood that there is a multitude of components with an impact in the 11 billion people city footprint, students proposed a list of future scenarios at the scale of (y)our world, […]
For five days, architecture students from TU Delft, IIT Chicago and Columbia GSAPP developed an (almost) infinite matrix of components in order to measure human settlement at a global scale. Our aim is to develop a quantitative analysis of the global footprint of a 11 billion people city. Can we depict the world in an […]
What do 11 billion people need? What does one person need? During this workshop, we have analyses typologies, heights, floor area ratios, accessibility, energy, biodiversity, food, automation… We have measured and compared all that can be quantified. But we did not not avoid getting to the bottom of the matter, to the bottom of the […]
In the academic year 2016/2017, the different Studios that The Why Factory will offer (MSc1 and MSc ¾ at TU Delft, IIT Chicago and GSAPP New York) are an invitation to look at the city through a multitude (or an almost unlimited number) of filters simultaneously, and to test the capacity of adaption of a home, a […]
During the Fall semester 2016, The Why factory will host a design studio at Columbia University in the City of New York, taught be Winy Maas, Javier Arpa and Adrien Ravon. The studio "Our World, Our City, Our Block" is being launched simultaneously by The Why Factory in the United States and The Netherlands, and will also be […]
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The architecture practice MVRDV and The Why Factory envision a new model for the development of Asian cities. Their idea is The Vertical Village, a three-dimensional community intended to bring back personal autonomy, diversity, flexibility and neighbourhood life to cities in Asia.
What does it take for a city to become world-class? And who decides? It's not enough to look at a city's economic performance. Great cities have always offered a more fundamental, abstract quality – a quality that no single ranking system has yet been able to measure. Hong Kong Fantasies tries to define that quality, […]
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Winy Maas' Lecture "What's Next" was held at the IV International Congress of Architecture, organised by Architecture and Society Foundation on June 30th 2016.
The Why Factory's most recent book is now available in the bookshops.
What will our discipline look like in future? What will be happening in the world and how will this influence us? Our teaching? Our research topics? How are we preparing for this?
Today, our Dean, Peter Russell engaged an open discussion on the future Faculty Architecture & Built Environment, presenting his vision of the future of education at TU Delft: A+A+A (Automation, Africa, Agility)
Winy Maas is to talk about the future of Rotterdam in an event which marks the opening of the Rotterdam Architecture Month 2016, in the old Kriterion Cinema. The event forms part of a month of events organised with Rotterdam Viert De Stad! at the top of The Stairs which mark 75 years of reconstruction in the city. Registration is necessary.
MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas will be giving a lecture at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Barcelona. The talk forms part of their spring lecture series 2016 which has also seen presentations from a wide range of local and international architects, artists and technologists. The lecture will cover the works and projects of MVRDV […]
The Why Factory opens a new Msc3/4 graduation studio in Delft.
This semester, T?F's "Actualities Workshop" brings students from theFaculty of Architecture TU Delft to IAAC in Barcelona. During a five-day workshop, students from Delft and from MaCT have worked on "The Robotic City, the Library of Speculations". This workshop is part of a longer term seminar that The Why Factory is teaching at IAAC, within the Master in […]
Effective January 1st, 2016, Javier Arpa is the new Research and Education Coordinator of The Why Factory at TU Delft. Javier Arpa is an architecture and urbanism author, curator, researcher and lecturer. Having completed a Master of Science in Architecture at the Delft University of Technology, Javier specializes in the dissemination of architectural and urban design practice.
Winy Maas will be giving a talk at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) Forum on the 18th of March. "As world events continue to drive ever increasing change in the economic system, join us on an interactive journey at the SCDI Forum 2016 to 'The Emerging Economy' – as we explore the […]
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T?F offers several studios per semester. They start with a statement on the future of urban life. Based on this statement future scenarios will be developed leading to visionary, city-related designs. The studios include highly integrated research and design aspects. Long-term projects will be accompanied by shorter studies and workshops. The projects can have various scales. However, they all contribute to observations of the city.
Our Msc4 Graduation Studio continues at TU Delft.
The Studio, taught by Prof. Winy Maas and Adrien Ravon is a continuation of the Wegocity project, and explores the potentials of housing and adaptability over time. Final reviews will take place in June 2016.
WegoCity, Tailor Made Housing
The collaboration between T?F and IIT continues; This semester in Chicago. The Cloud studio Wegocity: Tailor Made Housing will be taught by Prof. Winy Maas, Felix Madrazo and John Manaves.
Prof. Winy Maas has been appointed as Guest professor in Master in City & Technology (MaCT).
The Why Factory has released 'Barba', a new publication focusing on our research of nanotechnology in architecture.
TWF will open a graduation studio on the topic (W)egocity. (W)egocity investigates the freedom of designing and making one's own dream house under dense circumstances. There are so many possible houses, but the current production of towers and slabs reduces the variety into basically extrusions of the same floor plans. How to improve this? What different […]
You are invited to see and interact with the work of the MSc1 studio "Egocity". The exhibition is taking place at the Faculty of Architecture at the Delft University of Technology in the Oostserre from Monday the 16th to Friday the 20th.
The graduation project Evolving Room by Stavros Gargaretas has been selected as Best Graduation Project of the Faculty of Architecture 2013 – 2014. Stavros project, which is part of The Why Factory's Adaptive City Graduation Studio, simulates an extreme architecture based on real-time ergonomics and space efficiency. Stavros combines live scale test settings with hypothetical materials in his search for space efficiency. The result is a fascinating visionary narrative, which describes requirements, possible benefits and limitations of a fully-adaptable environment.
In the framework of the IIT Cloud Studio abroad program, the Illinois Institute of Technology collaborates with the Why Factory this fall. From September to December, a group of 15 students from Chicago are working with us in Delft on the studio "Farm Blocks – Urban Agriculture Beyond Clichés".
For our MSc program in Delft, we offer two new studios in spring 2014: an MSc2 studio on 3D Nature and a graduation studio with the title Superkampung revisited. Both studios will build up on earlier projects. The enrollment period for the spring semester will start on 25 November and run until 6 December 2013.
The Why Factory proudly presents its new website! Our new site gives a comprehensive overview on all the material, which we produced in the last years. You can browse through all the past studios and workshops, get an overview on our publications and keep updated on our current and upcoming activities. Don't miss the video section! We start our new website with an overview of our current and most recent activities. More material from our archives will be added in the coming weeks. We will to keep this site updated regularly, so please come back to have a look!
The Actualities workshop started with two topics in this semester: Willow House on growing architecture and Fast Forward/Rewind as the most recent part of the Copy Paste project.
The new print run of the Green Dream will soon be available for sale. The second book of the Why Factory, which was published in 2010, had been out of print for a while. Now NAi publishers are preparing on this book on sustainability and how it plays out in the future city.
On Thursday, 3 October 2013, the 7th international conference of the association of architecture schools of Australasia opens with a keynote speech of Ulf Hackauf on The Why Factory Method.
This fall, the Why Factory starts parallel studios in Delft and at the Hong Kong University of Technology. At the HKU, 'Tower Revolution' will challenge todays high rise building in Hong Kong. In Delft, two new studios will be running parallel: Transformer Installations and 3D Nature.
Under the title 'The Vertical Village – Individual, Informal, Intense Taipei' the exhibition explores the rapid urban transformation of East Asia, the qualities of urban villages, and the potential to develop much denser, vertical settlements as a radical alternative to the identical block-like architecture of standardised units and their consequences for city life. The exhibition, which itself is designed as an urban village, consists of analytical research, various documentaries and animations, two software tools for urban development, and a scale model of a possible Vertical Village developed by MVRDV. Visitors can design their ideal house and compose their own Vertical Village with the parametric software packages.
The Why Factory has been invited to present the PorousCity LEGO skyscrapers at the leading Real Estate event for property professionals (MIPIM) this March in Cannes, France. The event will take place from 12-15 March 2013.
On 5-15 March 2013 T?F showed the results of the Msc1/2 studio research on applications of porosity to urbanism. The exhibition was followed by a debate on the implications and benefits of a porous structure for the city. With Taeke de Jong, Han Meyer, Winy Maas and Alexander Sverdlov.
MVRDV and The Why Factory in collaboration with the Hong Kong Design Center (HKDC) will present 'Porous City' at the 10th edition of BODW, Hong Kong's annual Business of Design Week. Addressing the evolution of the skyscraper in the Asian context, BODW will showcase 9 LEGO® towers completed this year at the TU Delft and another 101, which students of Hong Kong universities and practicing architects will produce during a workshop run by MVRDV and The Why Factory during BODW. Porous City will be discussed further by Winy Maas during the BODW Forum.
Next Friday (October 5th, 16:00-17:30) The Why Factory will present its 6th book in the Future Cities series titled City Shock. City Shock shows the world where forecasting seems futile, where predictions are unreliable, and where even the most absurd scenarios are plausible, where many urban planning decisions seem to be governed not by vision – but by fear. Fear of disaster, fear of change, fear of the unknown.
This year The Why Factory will participate to the Architecture Venice Biennale for the first time. It will contribute to two events, which will be part of the Common Grounds exhibition curated by Sir David Chipperfield. – Together with EFAP The Why Factory will launch EU City Program, a manifestation representing Europe for the first time at the Venice Architecture Biennale. With MVRDV it will present a collaborative project 'Freeland' to be shown in the Central Pavilion at the Giardini.
This semester The Why Factory will for the first time run a design studio at ETH in Zurich. The studio focused on constantly changing and adaptive city titled The Transformer will be led by Winy Maas (Guest Professor), Ulf Hackauf and Adrien Ravon.
Ulf Hackauf, Pirjo Haikola and Gonzalo Rivas of The Why Factory received an honorable mention in the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment, Research & Initiative category with the project Sunny Water Lilies. The jury awarded one first prize and four honorable mentions.
'Welcome to the Vertical Village' exhibition opened at Total Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul. In the exhibition visitors walk through a giant model of a possible Vertical Village to experience its spatial richness and three dimensionality. The show by MVRDV and The Why Factory was opened earlier in Taipei and is now in a totally new design at show in Seoul: a city under rapid transformation, the ideal environment to answer to the 'block attack' and propose alternatives. The show is open to public between June 20 and October 7 and features films, an outdoor sculpture and a giant vertical village made of more than 700 objects.
On January 11th Winy Maas spoke at the "Non-City"*… Next City? conference at the European Parliament on "How architecture and urbanism can strengthen Europe?". The conference was organised by the EFAP (European Forum for Architectural Policies) with the Urban Intergroup of the parliament and was a follow-up on the "Non-City" conference, which took place last year at the European Pairlament. The invited speakers included: Prof. Winy Maas, Mr. Jaap Wiedenhoff (ARUP) and Frédérique Monjanel (VINCI). An inspiring discussion between the speakers, experts from European Economic Social Committee, European Investment Bank, METREX, members of the Parliament, European Commission and representatives of the member States was chaired by Jan Olbrycht – the President of the Urban Intergroup.
The architecture practice MVRDV and The Why Factory envision a new model for the development of Asian cities. Their idea is The Vertical Village, a three-dimensional community intended to bring back personal autonomy, diversity, flexibility and neighbourhood life to cities in Asia.
Last week T?F together with KRADS Architecture officially started the Eurohigh design studio with an intensive week-long workshop. All studio participants who for the next six months will be designing the ultimate European skyscraper were introduced to the quick and creative ways of using Lego as a modeling material. Many intriguing ideas were generated and build up a good start for further visions and research on translating the horizontal dimension of the European city into a vertical one.
The Why Factory was part of the Summer Program at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design with a second Copy/Paste workshop. A week long event was first opened with a lecture by Winy Maas on the 24th of August. The workshop led by Prof.Winy Maas, Felix Madrazo and Alexander Sverdlov addressed questions of originality and the way copying increasingly affects the architectural profession.
From July 1, the new permanent exhibition of the NAi – Dutchville (Stad van Nederland) y is open to the public.
(The Hague, May 10th 2011) Winy Maas has received the highest French decoration Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French Ambassador to the Netherlands Mr. Jean-François Blarel at the French residence in The Hague. MVRDV is strongly engaged in France and is part of Atelier du Grand Paris, the think tank concerned with the future planning of Greater Paris.
The Why Factory announces the P6 opportunity for its alumni. The P6 is an extension of the graduation project that allows to elaborate it and, eventually, consider it as an individual publication. The P6 has two stages and, accordingly, two sets of deliverables.
Former The Why Factory students: Yushang Zhang, Rajiv Sewtahal, Riemer Postma and Qianqian Cai were awarded 1st prize in d3 Housing Tomorrow 2011 Competition with their project of Vertical Village.
Today we started three new studios that will run along the spring semester this year.
On February 9th Winy Maas will speak about The Green Dream at the European Parliament during NON-CITY? Conference on new urbanity and innovative visions for European Urban Agenda.
Former The Why Factory student – Joe Wu won the 2nd prize at 2010 International Velux Award. Both him and his supporting tutor Daliana Suryawinata received the honors and a prize at the official award ceremony on October 16th in La Rochelle, France.
Last week a committee of international researchers visited the three Dutch faculties of architecture. Led by Peter Russell, dean of the faculty of architecture of the RWTH Aachen, the committee assessed the research activities of the faculties, including the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University of Technology.
A'A' / L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, the French/English bimonthly welcomes guest editors MVRDV and The Why Factory on the theme of "Uncertainty". A collective effort of 70 articles by writers such as Beatriz Colomina, Aaron Betsky, Alain de Botton, Justin McGuirk, Jenny Holzer, Kobas Laksa, Markus Miessen, Toshiko Mori, Farshid Moussavi, Saskia Sassen, Mark Shepard and many others.
'A'A' is out now in stores and can also be ordered atwww.larchitecturedaujourdhui.fr.
The team of designers of the 'Luxury of the North' project (initiated by Droog Design) spent 10 days at the Canadian high-Arctic to be inspired by and learn from the extreme living conditions. Team interviewed several people from the remote community called Pond Inlet; from wildlife conservation officer and representatives of Nunavut government to hunters and local people.
How will we deal with in the future with the past that has yet to come? How will preservation change values? What will be the new monuments? We invite you to join us in an exploration of the future of our past.
Next semester in addition to MsC2, 3 and 4, t?f is offering also an MsC1 studio. See below the new exciting topics. Longer descriptions of the projects will be posted in the projects section next Monday including a downloadable pdf.
What if we had the chance to re-invent Cyprus? What dreams and what opportunities appear for this island? What will future development of Cyprus be about?
Designers from the Netherlands and Canada team up to study arctic living conditions. Project is an initiative by droog design running under the title 'Luxury of the North'.
The ninth Lensvelt / De Architect interior Prize is granted to MVRDV with their design for the 'The Why Factory Tribune'.
Are we having too much fun? Are our dreams undermining the city? Has everything been done before? Is our future being imagined without us? Most importantly: What is an urban vision and why do we need one?
Delft University of Technology, t?f and MVRDV together organized an opening event on 15 of October in and around the orange tribune. The event marked the official inauguration of Prof. Maas, opening of the tribune and t?f and launch of its first book 'Visionary Cities'. Event attracted over 500 guests – a full house.
NY400 Week / Holland on the Hudson presented Pioneers of Change, a festival of Dutch design, fashion and architecture on New York's Governors Island. Activities took place in and around eleven officers' houses at Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York.
Two new MSc2 studios, Austerity and Automatic City as well as a platform for MSc3/4 where students can propose their own topics, or choose from a variety of themes were introduced by Winy Maas. All studios will be held at the orange tribune, which is ready for new students. Welcome!
T?f held a workshop at Aedes Network Campus last May, this was the first of the series in a new platform. "
Stroom in The Hague, center for art and architecture, launched the Foodprint program with a symposium `Food for the city' Friday 26 June 2009. Foodprint investigates the influence of food on culture, the institutions and the functioning of the city. The symposium wants to involve participants in a debate concerning the value of food, the romantic imagery on food production, innovative town farmers, and pigs in the city. A large number of (inter)national participants, among others, Carolyn Steel, Will Allen, John Thackara, Winy Maas/The Why Factory and Joep van Lieshout will present their visions on food in the city. The symposium will be concluded with a conversation between Tom Bade and minister Gerda Verburg (LNV).
Professor Winy Maas was asked to give a lecture on the topic 'The User' for the international design seminar 'Indesem 09' in Delft.
T?F finally moves into their new office, a tribune designed by MVRDV. Students will move in a bit later, 16 of May. After the fire at Architecture faculty building, almost exactly one year ago, the team and the students were housed in several temporary spaces, at the Berlage institute, Faculty of Applied Sciences and in different spaces within the architecture faculty. T?F wants to thank everyone for their hospitality. Welcome to visit us in the tribune!
The JUT foundation from Taipei, Taiwan has commissioned MVRDV and T?F to curate the fourth edition of the exhibition series 'Museum of Tomorrow'. Under the title 'VerticalVillage©' the exhibtion will explore the possibilities and potentials of informal structures and urban villages in Taipei. The pavilions for the exhibition form part of the research and are designed by MVRDV.
On 25 of March the artists, architects, designers and researchers involved in the 'Foodprint' project met in the Hague for a kick-off and to get inspired by a lecture by Carolyn Steel about her recent book 'Hungry City'.
The construction for the tribune that will house T?F is well under way. The roof structure was lifted today in rainy winter weather. Waiting for the completion of the tribune T?F is still temporarily house at the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
T?F will move to it's new home at the Faculty of Architecture in April. The TRIBUNE, designed by MVRDV, is currently being built as part of the conversion and extension of the Faculty building at the Julianalaan in Delft.
At the Business of Design Week (BODW) 'The Why Factory' presented visions for the future of Hong Kong, 'Hong Kong Power'. 'Hong Kong Power' is an in-depth analysis of Hong Kong's current urban, architectural and cultural situation upon which proposals for the future of the city have been developed and shown in form of a movie at this year's Business of Design Week, 8th to 13th of December.
T?F was invited to present maps from the Green Dream project in the 'Salle des Cartes' (Maps Room) at the City Eco Lab event, curated by John Thackara. The maps by T?F focused on global and large scale urban view on sustainability, contrasting and complementing the City Eco Lab local approach


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The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article that bemoans what pro-lifers would celebrate: Fewer and fewer med schools and teaching hospitals are training new doctors in how to perform abortions. [Read more…]
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C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General under President Reagan, has died at age 96. The mainstream obituaries are hailing his work to battle smoking and the AIDS epidemic. But he was also a devout Christian and a crusader against abortion. Koop collaborated with Francis Schaeffer on the book and video series Whatever Happened to the Human Race?, a work that helped mobilize Christians for the pro-life cause. [Read more…]
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Not every doctor accepts medicare patients. Many doctors only accept a few. The same is true of medicaid patients. This is because government payments are less than the going rate for their services. This could become a problem.
The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program.
Recent surveys by national and state medical societies have found more doctors limiting Medicare patients, partly because Congress has failed to stop an automatic 21% cut in payments that doctors already regard as too low. The cut went into effect Friday, even as the Senate approved a six-month reprieve. The House has approved a different bill.
• The American Academy of Family Physicians says 13% of respondents didn't participate in Medicare last year, up from 8% in 2008 and 6% in 2004.
• The American Osteopathic Association says 15% of its members don't participate in Medicare and 19% don't accept new Medicare patients. If the cut is not reversed, it says, the numbers will double.
• The American Medical Association says 17% of more than 9,000 doctors surveyed restrict the number of Medicare patients in their practice. Among primary care physicians, the rate is 31%.
The federal health insurance program for seniors paid doctors on average 78% of what private insurers paid in 2008.
"Physicians are saying, 'I can't afford to keep losing money,' " says Lori Heim, president of the family doctors' group.
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We've got to cut medical expenses, we keep saying. That means doctors will get less money. But what if doctors won't work for what we want to pay? Shouldn't doctors, like other economic players, be able to set the fees the market will allow? Or should they be forced to serve anyone who comes into their offices?


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Carbon Sediments Reconsidered
One of the major measurements that paleoclimatologists and other scientists who try to figure out Earth's climate in the distant past rely on is the ratio of two different isotopes of carbon, 13C/12C. This ratio, also called delta 13C (δ13C), has been used to estimate the carbon content of Earth's going back more than 150 million years. Now a new study, appearing in the pages of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has cast the accepted interpretation of δ13C into doubt.
Peter K. Stewart, in an article titled Global synchronous changes in the carbon isotopic composition of carbonate sediments unrelated to changes in the global carbon cycle, has found that "the carbon isotopic (δ13C) composition of bulk carbonate sediments deposited off the margins of four carbonate platforms/ramp systems (Bahamas, Maldives, Queensland Plateau, and Great Australian Bight) show synchronous changes over the past 0 to 10 million years. However, these variations are different from the established global pattern in the δ13C measured in the open oceans over the same time period." For a more detailed discussion of what this ratio means and how isotopes are used to provide historical measurements called proxies, see The Resilient Earth Chapter 13, Experimental Data and Error.
What does this mean? It means that many of the readings climate scientists have been depending on to help formulate theories about how Earth's climate system works are wrong, "For example," Stewart writes, "from 10 Ma to the present, the δ13C of open oceanic carbonate has decreased, whereas platform margin sediments analyzed here show an increase." This doesn't invalidate the use of proxies, they are useful and often the only measurements we have. It does reinforce what we have said about historical climate data—that it is uncertain and prone to errors in both measurement and interpretation. And when you are trying to formulate a theory you cannot hope to succeed if you start with inaccurate experimental data!
Bottom line? As the author said in the paper abstract, "inferences regarding the interpretation of changes in the cycling of organic carbon derived from δ13C records should be reconsidered in light of the findings presented here." In other words, climate theory once again needs to be corrected.