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Now that Carroll County has had its first snow of 2019 and there is the possibility of more coming, here are the county's policies regarding snow plowing and removal with tips from Carroll County and Maryland officials:
Park your car in the driveway
Chief of Carroll County Bureau of Roads Operations Jim Cook recommends Carroll residents park their cars in driveways to keep them off the roadways. When the path is clear, those plowing snow can do a better job.
A small amount of snow overnight Thursday will end Friday, before a significant storm moves in Saturday evening, forecasters say. A wintry mix overnight Saturday will turn to rain Sunday morning before temperatures plummet — the perfect conditions for a flash freeze complete with black ice.
"If people would do that, it would be much easier for our cars to clear. If you have to zigzag between cars, it kind of messes us up — and for a liability issue, we will not go in a spot that we don't think we can make it through," he told the Times Monday.
"If we hit a car, we pay for it, and we don't want to do that. If there's a car in the way, we don't go in there — and that makes our process that much longer.
"Then we get abandoned cars. People think they can go into the snow and get stuck. What do they do? They get out of the car and go home and there's a car in the middle of the road."
Throw snow to the right side of your driveway, clear in front of the mailbox
Cook said if residents are looking out to the road from their front door, it's the right side of the driveway that snow should be thrown toward.
When snow plows come by, the snow will go on that pile and help keep people from extra shoveling.
"And if you cut out an area in front of your mailbox, even the size of the sidewalk, give yourself 20 to 30 feet — if you can do that, when the snow plow does come down it doesn't block your mail box," he explained.
"Two places you want to clear: one in front of your mailbox and one on the other side of your driveway," said Cook, "so when he comes by, he fills in the little spot there. It doesn't work all the time, but it does save you a lot of extra digging out."
Don't dump snow in the road
It is against county policy to throw snow into the roadway, said Cook, just as it is against county policy to toss grass clippings in the road.
The bureau chief said this regulation has not always been implemented, but because the population in Carroll County has grown over the past 50 years, staff will be keeping their eye on it.
"The more the population grows, the more they're going to enforce it," Cook said. "Back 50 years ago, it wasn't a big deal. Now that there's thousands of people moving into the area, it's becoming an issue."
Clean off the roof of your car
The Maryland Emergency Management Agency posted a tweet around noon Monday about the dangers of leaving snow on the roof of vehicles.
"This video shows what can happen (and it happens way too often) when snow and ice are NOT REMOVED COMPLETELY from your vehicles. #MdWx #WinterSafety," states the tweet, which links to an MDMEMA Facebook post.
Shovel your sidewalk
Carroll County passed an ordinance in 2004 requiring residents in the county's unincorporated areas to clear sidewalks within 12 hours of a snowfall, unless the snow falls overnight, in which case they have until 6 p.m. the following day.
Municipalities have their own laws.
The city of Westminster requires residents to clear their "sidewalk to a width of at least 30 inches within 24 hours after any snow or ice ceases to fall." Union Bridge and Mount Airy have the same ordinance.
Hampstead requires snow to be cleared within 24 hours, but does not have a requirement for the width of the clearing.
New Windsor requires snow be cleared within 12 hours of a snowfall.
Manchester and Taneytown require all sidewalks to be cleared of snow and ice within 10 hours after snow stops — and Manchester's town code, like the county's ordinance, states if snow falls overnight, then residents have until 6 p.m. the following day to clear it.
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Sykesville's town code states the town reserves the right to "require that the owners of any property abutting on a sidewalk keep the sidewalk clear of all ice, snow, and other obstructions," but neither states a time frame for the clearing of snow nor a width requirement for the cleared area.


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Dreamtime with Ellis Ericson
With his first film in the can, and his first book too for that matter, I expect Ellis Ericson to be kicking up his heels, or signing autographs, when I call him. You know, something lavish. Instead he's ferrying boxes of said books and films off to Byron Bay post office for shipping - one of which will go to Shaun Tomson (onya Shaun!)
It's one thing to ride a new design, and yet another to devote a whole project to it, but while dipping in and out of mobile reception Ellis explained to Swellnet why the edge design transfixed him and why it remains a work in progress.
Swellnet: So you guys must be busy with promotion at the moment?
Ellis: Nah, not much promotion. We've just been packing the orders and sending them out. That's been enough, it's been keeping us busy.
Following you guys on Instagram, I found it fascinating how over in the States lots of people were really interested in 'On the Edge of a Dream' but the response here has been slower.
Yeah. Much of the pre-ordering of the book came from over there, people were exploring the project, but since we're back the sales are probably 50/50 now.
Reckon the early interest could be a cultural thing?
I don't know, maybe they value experimentation a little more in California? Or they've got a deeper respect for the culture, or something like that. You know, it could just be that there's a deeper fascination with George.
So let's talk about that for moment. When did you first become aware of the edge board concept?
Probably June of 2014. I did a boat trip with Dave Rastovich and he'd been doing a little bit of work with George since they're neighbours. He mentioned that George had built a quiver of boards and that there was this edge design. He was trying to articulate it, talk to me about it, but I was coming from a place of always riding flat-bottomed boards and couldn't get it. He was talking about this insane concept and I couldn't really get my head round it!
So that was probably the first time I'd heard about the concept. And then, maybe trying to draw on some images of what had been in Crystal Voyager, or even the early stuff of George. You know, he was riding edge boards, but it's not really talked about.
(Dave Fox)
Yeah, you guys include that old footage of Brocky and Ted Spencer riding edge boards in some seminal Australian surf films. Yet the design was rarely mentioned. It really drifted off the radar.
Yeah. But it was spoken about in a small group of George's friends. Chris Brock carried on the edge design into the tri-plane hull.
And then Paul Gross did a lot of work with George through the 80s. I met up with Paul in California; he built stand-up edge boards and stuff. So in their little circle they would have been having conversations about the design, but whether people acknowledged it, or whether surfboard production even wanted to go near it, 'cause they're quite tricky to build, is another story.
They're so hard to produce. So much sanding, and so much time has to be put into the actual board. It's much easier to sand a flat-bottomed board, you know, put it on the rack.
And keep the production line going.
Yeah, keep it going. But to my knowledge, computers can't emulate edges yet. To get your head around the design takes time too.
How many boards did you shape during the project?
I probably made about 42...or something.
That's a lot of boards, a lot of evolution. When you first rode an edge board you obviously felt something special, but were you able to see how the design could be applied to modern boards?
In the early days...ah, lemme think. I mean aesthetically they looked really nice. So appealing. And interesting too. But as far as instantly thinking that I could put them into a modern board? I don't even feel I'm there right now. I tried to go off in a modern direction, you know, putting multi-fin set-ups on them and stuff, yet I ended up coming back to the singles.
Yeah. I mean the majority of edge boards that I'm riding now are single fin - the blade fin. I've been having the most fun on that. I just felt something that I hadn't felt on other boards. And it wasn't necessarily a bad thing or a good thing, it was just a differernt thing - a feeling of progression. It's hard to put your finger on it. It's hard to describe a feeling.
I understand though. You surf for years, and when a new feeling passes by, you want to latch onto it.
Yes. I grew up shortboarding and competing through my younger years, and that became very static for me. So I tried to go back to where the shortboards started, like making the transitional era boards, trying to work my way through those designs, trying to figure out what I liked about them. I got to a point where I was like, 'the nostalgia thing is great, but I also wanna push ahead'.
So, the edge design is a progression of where I want to go. But it's also where I wanted to take my shaping, cause they're quite complex.
Ellis peering over the event horizon
I think you guys have struck a really good balance: you looked back, found an old idea, but then pushed forward with it.
Exactly. And that's what I probably felt from the design too. I felt the design wasn't just an old design that had run its course. It had life in it, you know? To me, under my feet, it felt like, as if it could really go somewhere. I don't know where it could go, but it feels like it wants to go forward. It felt progressive from the get-go, you know?
Isn't that great? That's unreal.
Yes. To feel that...that's why I had to chase it. It came from that first board, literally when I rode that first George board. Although it was tricky, it made my other equipment seem so dull. I spent the best part of six months just not even being able to turn the damn thing [laughs], but there was just something there, you know?
So what was the problem? Too loose off the rail...?
There was nothing wrong with the board, it's just where George has come from: windsurfing or kneeboarding, so his leverage points are different and so are his rockers. Also, the fin and the edge have to harmonise, in order to let the hull do its thing through turns.
I still feel we're at the tip of the iceberg with the design, that it's just been about balancing and dialling it in to the rider. As Andrew says in the movie, "each person surfs differently". So the design can go much further. Also, in that way, it was nice to have a board that was difficult, you know. It was humbling from the get-go, because you couldn't control it like you could modern boards.
At the end of the film, when you get that great double barrel at...actually I wont say where it was at, "To Be Continued" comes up on the screen. The progression just keeps going...
It does. Everything's to be continued.
'On the Edge of a Dream' is available online
Have I had by head buried in the sand? Or did I miss the bus? What's an edge board? Sounds fascinating, my impression is a board with a decent V through it with some thin bitey type rails? I'm only assuming as Ellis mentioned something about the single fins working better. I'm wondering if an edge board type concept is more suited for sucky/slab type waves where knifing it at take off is a prerequisite to getting maximum barrel time. That was a great article Stu , thanks.
Check this out nicko, http://www.liquidsaltmag.com/greenough-edge-board/ Has a pretty good description. I do think there seems to be a lot of mysteriousness around this whole film and book release. Maybe a little bit of explanation might help people know at least the territory of it.
Thanks for that Yendor, it's amazing that no conventional shapers today arn't experimenting more with the edge board concept. PS that carve that Rasta's doing looks like he has some incredible speed to work with.
I surfed with both George & Brocky back in the late 70's & early 80's. Had some very interesting conversations with George on his initial designs & seen the boards ridden in hollow down the line waves where they work very well. They are however only really suited to excellent waves so as far as mainstream surfing goes on the east coast of Oz where soft beach breaks are the norm for most surfers this type of board is one for the quiver to pull out when the waves are really @ their best!
Has anyone seen this movie yet?
I am a bit 50/50 with Andrew Kidman's work. I am always really interested in the topics hence why I have bought some of his stuff but I find them a bit pricey and have excessive use of slow motion in the films. What would the percentage of slo mo be in "edge of a dream"?
Yes it is nice for a bit of slow motion to see how the board runs over the water but too much ruins it.


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Doing What You Want, Doing What You Need
Pretty much everyone agrees that the best plans and strategies are useless - unless people make enough time to get them done.
If you're a MANAGER, a SUPERVISOR, or an ENTREPRENEUR and you want to manage your time better – starting now - you'll get straightforward help that actually works in today's businesses.
The great Peter Drucker once said that until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. Yet time itself is simply a measurement. Principally, it measures motion, the earth's orbit around the sun. And we all get the same twenty four hour allocation. So what do we 'manage' when we save ourselves time? Well, as one example, when you take a proper look at how every business, every organization makes people do things at least twice (instead of once) you'll see how to manage 'motion' and save more hours than you might imagine.
In fact, the '7Keys' authors have 30 years of experience helping managers at all levels, across most industries, from CEO level to first-line supervisor. And they share more of the practices that great time managers actually use to manage their time.
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The course has 10 illustrated video talks that each take about 5 to 7 minutes to watch. Each lecture concludes with a 'Take-away' - a page summary of the key points of the talk and the the action you can take right away for immediate progress.
It comes with a PDF workbook containing a lecture summary, illustrations and your chapter by chapter action lists.
The course discusses nine major topics, major time-management principles and the opinions of various time-management gurus. Most of all it doesn't do a 'one-size fits all' but gives you the menu to choose which principle will give you, personally the biggest gain right now.
1. Focus - what is it and how can you increase it and direct it to accomplish more?
2. Motion - how do you spot and reduce the occasions where you inadvertently waste or misdirect your actions, do things twice and use double the time?
3. Energy - when does your brain function best for what type of work activity?
4. Clutter - what effect does it have on losing you time and what can you do?
5. Your Optimal Organizing System - what is it for what you do?
6. Prioritization - from pointless meetings to your primary focus, how do you manage your priorities when priorities shift?7. 80/20 Rule - what activities give you the biggest payback for the energy you expend - and which ones drain you
8. Planning - do you have the simplest, best planning system for the work you do?
9. Do-it-Now - how do you put this golden rule, procrastination killer into action?
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If you believe, as Peter Drucker says - until you can manage time you can manage nothing else - this course could be the biggest boost for your management activity, your personal productivity and your career.
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- Successful time-managers don't manage time
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In this lecture we look at one of the most recounted stories on time-management is about a man named Ivy Lee, and it certainly describes 'focus'.
In the middle of the last century, the young Princeton graduate, Ivy Lee, told steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, how he could increase productivity in the Bethlehem Steel Corporation by 50%.
Schwab claimed he and his executives knew WHAT to do. Getting those things DONE was the problem.
Lee gave Schwab a sheet of paper. On it, he told him to make a list of the six most important things he had to do the next day. Then, number them in order of importance.
Look at the list at the beginning of the workday and start working on the first item. Schwab was supposed to review the list throughout the day but not be too worried if he didn't finish all the day's listed items.
We have more on Focus.
Why is it so hard to focus?
Let's look first at HOW you focus.
Focusing is not a passive activity. You're actively, mentally placing energy in a direction - like looking at a door for instance. Our metaphors in language talk about 'shedding light' on something. Well it's a matter of how much light YOU can shed. Lots of light = good image, less light = fuzzy image and fuzzy image usually means hesitant action.
We will help you to "clear" your image
This is all about your Working memory
When you prioritise, mentally, you have to be able to search for and find = remember, and hold on to images, impressions, memories, – while you're busy constructing new images (imagining what the new outcome will involve, the sequences, the people involved, the logistics and so on. And you have to hold all this in place and at the same time you have to inhibit, suppress, push away all the associated thoughts, memories and images that pop into your head that might be linked to people or things to do with what you're thinking about but which aren't directly involved.
It's tiring even talking about it.
To really get an understanding of 'efficiency' and time-management, we need to go back to the early 1900s. The subject was often called 'time and motion' and it was incredibly useful in the great manufacturing era.
The concept is simple. All motion uses time. Cut out unnecessary motion and you save time. Lots of it.
Humans, along with most other mammals, are intermittent organisms. We need to close down occasionally.
We 'repair' when we sleep and when we relax deeply. Even not being allowed to dream while we're asleep causes us serious problems. No-one really knows why but we give you some ideas.
Your Action Plan and Applying What You've learned
Remember we talked about the fact that 'one size doesn't fit all' in time - management – so let's take an overview of some of the common time management advices so that you have a broad menu of options, and you can decide what will work best for you at this point in time.
The first one is Clear Clutter:
Nearly all time management programmes advise this as a very early step.
What's the most important, most valuable thing I can do this week or this month or this quarter – it's up to you -- for the department or division - or the company? Write it down under your 6-8 categories list.
If it really is THE most important thing, check it against the percentage of time you actually spend on it now. We bet it's not enough. Then figure out how much time you need to claw back to give to it. You can use things like the 'One touch' Inbox, conserving your strategic thinking time, clearing your clutter and organising yourself for faster motion, updating your daily action plan for the following day and so on. Give yourself a target and write your plan.
The idea here, of course, is to be more effective by doing what really counts more often. 'The 80/20 Rule' can boost your effectiveness too.
The rule is based on a finding by 19th Century Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto. 'The Pareto Principle' or '80/20 Rule' basically maintains that effort and results are not usually in balance.
If you get into assigning those tasks and projects against time – placing them in your calendar to decide when you WILL do them – you're into good planning.
And if you keep most things in your calendar it allows you to physically see what else needs to be done, so you can make better decisions about priorities.
There are lots of techniques to help with planning, but the basic concept is simple. You are doing something today that will shape your tomorrow.
As we said, we don't always go to the trouble of identifying projects formally, so you might have a few more on the go than you realise.
And last but not least, anyone who wants to manage time better needs to find a way to Overcome Procrastination.
We lose 29% of our time at work, due to procrastination and we all find clever ways to put off doing things we don't like to do.
We avoid taking action for a variety of reasons, mostly to do with uncertainty – like the examples of unclear objectives and priorities. The potential feeling of discomfort we imagine we'll get from doing the task makes us keep putting it off.
The problem is that we spend our valuable focus and attention, worrying about what it is we should be doing and haven't done. It's a major energy sapper and deep down we all know what a great feeling of relief we get when we finally DO what we should have done.
The obvious trick is to find the right entry point that will make the biggest difference to you FIRST. Remember the 80/20 rule? What will give you the BIGGEST payback for your effort?
Whether or not you're a manager, the more time we can all devote to doing the things that shape our future the way we want it, the better future we'll have. And we'd all like to change things for the better, at work and at home.
Before you decide what you need from 'time management' it might be a good idea for you to take the time to answer the question on the first page – if you already haven't.
When the answer is compelling enough, get some individual help if you can and at least make a start by using the exercises we've suggested.
It'll be worth it.
We wish you the very best return on all your efforts.


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Self-sacrifice is how we show how much we love G-d. When we do this our bond with G-d becomes invincible.
G-d please show me how to die to self so I can have an invincible bond with you HaShem.
"The first articles the artisans made were the tapestries that formed the covering of the Tabernacle.
[The artisans made the tapestries out of] linen, turquoise wool, purple wool, and scarlet wool. Exodus 36:8
These four materials allude to the four bases of our emotional relationship with G‑d.
Scarlet wool is red, alluding to fire. The fire within our soul is the fiery love of G‑d that results from contemplating His infinity. When we realize the extent to which G‑d is beyond creation and that He is the true reality, we are overcome with a passionate desire to escape the limitations of the world in order to know Him and to merge with Him.
Turquoise wool is the color of the sky, alluding to our experience of G‑d's majesty. In this experience, we also contemplate G‑d's infinity, but focus on our own insignificance in comparison. This fills us with feelings of awe.
Purple wool is a blend of blue and red, of love and awe, alluding to pity, which is compounded of love and anger: love for the ideal, anger over how the ideal goes unfulfilled. Specifically, we pity our Divine soul when we consider its plight, having to live so spiritually distant from its natural home, i.e., in G‑d's presence.
Linen is white, alluding to our basic, inherent love of G‑d, a feeling that is above and beyond rationality. This love is what makes us capable of self-sacrifice for G‑d's honor, as it expresses our invincible bond with G‑d.1 Sefer HaMa'amarim 5708, pp. 138 ff.


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Sequence-homology based approach in modeling of protein-protein interactions
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Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas
Results of the research covered in this talk are related to various aspects of sequence-homology based modeling of 3D structures of protein-protein complexes. First, the quality of homology models will be compared for two different sequence alignment protocols, the PSI-BLAST search and alignment of modified sequence profiles. The second part is related to introduction of additional information into query (target) sequence profile and presents a new method for predicting interfacial residues based on the sequence information alone. Finally, the way of model verification based on electrostatic properties of protein complexes will be presented.


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OXFORD —- A proposal to build a new $44.9 million middle school on town-owned land on Great Oak Road won overwhelming approval from voters Tuesday. A referendum question on the election day ballot passed with 2,449 people voting yes and 858 voting no.
The school will replace the aging Oxford Center School on Route 67 and share the same campus with Quaker Farms Elementary School and Great Oak Middle School, which will revert back to an elementary school.
Due to a voting machine malfunction, Oxford residents had to wait until Wednesday morning for the results of the municipal election and the school project.
"We're delighted that the voters saw fit to
support the project," said Bob Slie, chairman of the building committee. "We thank the committee for their hard work and all the volunteers for getting the word out. We look forward to the next step of the project."
Board of Education Chairwoman Amy Cote said, "I'm very excited the school passed and by such a large margin. It really shows the degree to which the town supports the facilities our students are educated in."
The will cost the town $33 million, paid in 20-year bonds, with $11.9 million, or 27.5 percent in state reimbursement.
In his fiscal impact statement, Finance Director James Hliva said the project would add 2.01 mills to the 22.21-mill tax rate, based on 4 percent interest.
But First Selectman George R. Temple said those numbers are conservative and do not factor in the economic growth he is anticipating. Temple also said the town could get a better interest rate.


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T-ara's agency MBK Entertainment (formerly known as Core Contents Media) is reportedly preparing to launch a new idol boy band this year!
According to an exclusive by OSEN on the 6th, MBK Entertainment has been secretly planning and preparing for the debut of an idol band set for this coming summer. This marks the first band that CEO Kim Kwang Soo directly produced in 15 years since the MC the Max. OSEN also released photos of two members Sangwon and Sungchae who are in their late teens and are said to be a part of this upcoming 5-member band.
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2009 Photo Gallery
Mike, What a year! You've certainly been traveling. What a great way to spend your life when you are young. We've been to a few of the places you have, but have not had the views you have. I guess we don't venture off the main roads. I have many favorite photos in this album! Like knowing that you will be nearby some of the winter.
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First, let's look at Marin Institute. Recently they were featured on a Fox News story about remedying California's financial issues with an increase on the (this is the word Fox used) "Sin" tax, and not just a little one. No, they're thinking of taking taxes for drinks from around two cents to more than twenty-five cents! Oh, and they sound so good when they say it too, pointing out that the Governor wouldn't have to cut any programs for, who else, the kids and that healthcare would be easier to pay for if only us sinners would pony up the dough. Their concern for the state's fiscal issues is admirable, as admirable as can be expected from the alcohol industry's watch dog.
I know beer enthusiasts tend to be pretty easy-going people, but don't we ever get pissy about anything? I regularly write my congressman about issues I care about, and almost always get a reply from him addressing specific questions I have. We don't see eye-to-eye on alcohol issues in the country, but with my certain knowledge that he's getting emails from the religious folks bemoaning alcohol and its evil, I can't help but think he needs another opinion. After all, if their's is the only voice he hears, it would seem like his duty to legislate the will of the people... the people who has his ear. Seriously, as the date for Repeal Day approaches, do something more than lift a pint in honor of the event, sit down and compose a quick email or make a quick call (I hate phones, so email works well for me). If not to your reps, then maybe to shop owners, county officials or law enforcement. I don't know what you'd necessarily say to the law, but they're good people and I've had great talks with them over the years with regard to alcohol consumption.
Marin Institute isn't just out to raise taxes on alcohol either. Another big push they have is to eliminate alcopops. I'm not a fan of the crap, but this isn't about your personal tastes. Reading Jay Brooks' blog should be all the education you need to see where the open door is leading - and with some new laws in Utah coming up, it's clear there are gray areas in the conversation. If we're not vigilant, we may lose more than the crap drinks. I encourage you to check out their site in the days leading to the celebration of prohibition's end. While reading think of the voices of Lew and Jay who border on fanatical when they mention "new dries" or "neo-prohibitionists" - they're not making that stuff up. What's more, it's all happening right here in the open, with players like the Marin Institute spelling it all out pretty clearly.
Another fun agenda the MI has going on is the "Free Your Festival" campaign. You can guess what that means, right? Recently Jay did a piece on St. Patrick's day and how absurd it's become. He is right, I think we know that. What's freaky is we feel that way, and that's the exact sentiment MI is going for when they claim an interest in taking back festivals from the clutches of the alcohol industry. If you let yourself you can almost see how it makes sense, but we know too that this isn't as it appears.
Again, it's all out there in the open for us all to read.
My last MI point is something closer to my heart, influencing the media. I guess I don't want to talk about them so much, but more want to push you all to do the same damn thing. What do you do when you read a story in your local paper about craft beer, or beer in general, when it's done in a positive light? Many of us pick it apart - I used to - and email editors correcting them on their errors. Don't do that. We can pick it apart amongst friends, over a beer, but for now, at this stage in the industry's progress, we should be emailing the editors thanking them for the good story, a story that makes you and me seem more human. Face it, beer is typically mentioned in a shadowy context: brawls, sex, violence and DUIs. If that's the only face they give beer drinkers, how can we expect public opinion to: a) embrace craft beer for what it is; b) care if the above mentioned agendas get pushed down our throats? Seriously, find the food editor's email address and thank him/her whenever a good beer story comes out.
Conversely, and I've had to do this too, email said editor if your local paper never has stories in that discuss beer in any good terms, especially if they've got a wine column (grrr...). Like I've said before, you won't get anywhere if you're a dick, so construct a well thought email that encourages and educates - and demands more good beer coverage. Who will write it? Well, you probably frequent more than one beer blog and probably know that a few bloggers also have backgrounds and experience writing for newspapers. Send the editor their way if you're not up to volunteering for the job.
Yes, influence the media. If we don't, we know at least one organization who's rallying their troops to make sure it happens for them.
I don't want to write as much about MADD as I did with MI, but you should note that April is "Alcohol Awareness Month" for the organization. Why isn't it "Drunken Driving Awareness Month"? Well, maybe it's just too many words, but it seems safe to point out that they've long departed from their truly admirable goal of curtailing the problem of drunk driving in the country. Nope, these days their agenda seems so much more broad.
I'm too uninformed about their programs and initiatives to really provide any insight, but with recent stories on my local news about DUIs, there are certain members who make very quick assumptions about those who drive while legally drunk. I don't really want to get into the .08 issue, or the sheer black-and-white-ness of it all (.07 is ok, .08 is a felony? how's that work?), but having talked personally some members, there's clearly a lack of education at play with some of the more squeaky of their wheels.
These guys do have a well publicized pilot program in Texas where citizens are encouraged to assist local law enforcement with DUIs by following folks and determining themselves if the drivers are drunk. It's ok, they're well trained to spot the otherwise elusive habits of drunk drivers, just look.
Here are signs that a driver may be drunk:
- Turning with a wide radius
- Driving below the speed limit
- Straddling the center of the road or lane marker
- Drifting or moving in a straight line at a slight angle to the roadway
- Driving with headlights off at night
- Erratic braking or stopping without cause
- Slow response to traffic signals (sudden stop, delayed start)
- Nearly striking an object, curb, etc.
- Weaving or zigzagging across the road
- Driving on the wrong side of the road or completely off the road way
- Tailgating
- Appearing to be drunk (eye fixation, face close to windshield)
- Swerving or abruptly turning away from a generally straight course
- Turning abruptly or illegally
- Signaling that is inconsistent with driving actions
My goodness, where do you even start with a list like that? It's safe to assume participants in the program have some level of zeal for what they're doing, so how quick do you think it is before the volunteer spots someone driving below the speed limit, or having a slow response to a traffic signal, before they're on the phone to the authorities? What's more, shouldn't we be encouraging people to have slower responses when lights change, lest they be blasted by the drunk who's barreling down the road well over the posted speed limit? Right, drunk = slow.
To the Point
There are several other organizations out there, like the Southern Baptists and other faith-based folks, believing the world will be a better place once they rid it of alcohol. For now though, that's enough from me.
While we engage in a national celebration for our 75th anniversary of the government-blessed right to enjoy alcohol, don't forget that there are organizations out there actively working to make it more difficult for you to enjoy it. If we ignore them, believe they're harmless and that it won't ever happen, then I fear we'll be in for some tough blows in the future, with taxes on alcohol through the roof and odd laws in place telling you when and where you can buy and enjoy your beer.
Enjoy the beer. Don't be afraid to stick up for it either.


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Tarlov cysts are sacral perineural cysts which occur in up to 4.6% of the population. Neuraxial anesthesia is relatively contraindicated in these patients. Similarly, many of these patients have chronic pain from the cysts, often requiring chronic opioid use. Pain during labor may be difficult to control in these patients due to concerns regarding neuraxial analgesia and submaximal benefit from systemic remifentanil infusions. The Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block has recently been described as a regional technique for thoracic and abdominal procedures which can decrease both somatic and visceral pain.
We report the use of an ESP block in the peripartum period in a patient with history of Tarlov cysts and who was chronically on the partial opioid agonist buprenoprhine. The patient had inadequate pain control on a remifentanil PCA and requested additional pain relief, though neuraxial anesthesia was relatively contraindicated in this patient due to a history of Tarlovcysts. She had significant postpartum pain following manual extraction of twin placentas as well as placement of an intrauterine balloon control of postpartum hemorrhage. Following placement of an ESP block at the T10 spinal level she experienced significant pain relief.
The use of an ESP in this population is promising due to its ability to cover the affected spinal levels and be given as a continuous infusion. Patients who cannot receive a neuraxial technique for anatomic reasons can reasonably be given an ESP block with comparable efficacy.
Tarlov cysts are a type of perineurium and neural tissue occurring in the sacral and coccygeal nerve roots, first described by Dr. Tarlov in 1938 [1]. There is a reported incidence of 4.6%, of which 22% of those patients were symptomatic from their cysts resulting in chronic pain [2]. Cysts, and other abnormalities in the anatomy of the spine is associated with difficult neuraxial anesthesia placement, as well as a high failure rate of neuraxial technique. Part of this difficulty is falsely obtaining Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) during spinal anesthesia placement, but only depositing anesthetic into the cyst itself [3,4]. Similarly, due to the large physical size of the cyst, there can be an inability of local anesthetic to flow throughout the epidural space when an epidural anesthetic is chosen. The presence of subarachnoid cystic structures in the spinal canal has been associated with complications resulting from neuraxial anesthesia, some of which cause permanent sequelae [5,6]. Thus, the presence of Tarlov cysts and other spinal anatomic variation is a relative contraindication for neuraxial anesthesia.
First reported in 2016, the Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block [7] is a plane block which utilizes the plane beneath the erector spinae muscle, adjacent to the dorsal and ventral rami of the spinal nerves. It was first described for use when providing analgesia for the thoracic spine and ribs [8], however recent case reports describe its use for abdominal surgery [9,10]. When used with laparoscopic abdominal surgery, there was significant visceral pain relief from the block. Additionally, due to concerns with hypotension and motor blockade associated with thoracic epidurals, continuous postoperative analgesia has been provided with bilateral erector spinae plane catheters [11]. Interestingly, single injection of local anesthetic appears to spread to many spinal levels, indicating fairly wide coverage for abdominal surgery. Labor pain is thought to arise from uterocervical afferents to T10-L1 and cervical afferents via the pudendal nerve to S2-S4 [12]. Assuming the ESP blockade can provide coverage from T10-S4, the ESP could be a reasonable alternative for patients who cannot have neuraxial anesthesia for anatomic concerns.
Regional techniques provide analgesia through different mechanisms than systemic medications due to their action on sodium channels. Chronic opioid users may have marginal benefit from alternative labor analgesic modalities such as remifentanil PCA, particularly those who chronically use partial opioid agonists such as buprenorphine. Additionally, in patients who a sympathectomy or after load reduction is contraindicated, an ESP may provide analgesia without the epidural-associated side effects such as systemic vasodilation.
A 30-year-old, 90 kg, gravida seven para one woman was admitted to the labor and delivery for induction of labor at 37 + 1 weeks gestational age for induction of labor with dichorionic, diamniotic twins due to IUGR. She had a known history of Tarlov Cysts, and was being followed by neurosurgery and pain management. Her most recent MRI of her spine was 4 years prior, and demonstrated a 2.0 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm perineural cyst which was located between L5-S1 interspace going to the S2 segment, consistent with a Tarlov cyst. At that time she was advised by her neurosurgeon to not undergo neuraxial anesthesia. She had chronic low back pain, thought to be related to her Tarlov cyst, though surgical intervention was not indicated. On presentation to the labor and delivery floor, her chronic pain was managed with sublingual buprenorphine, 2 mg twice daily.
Upon admission she was evaluated by the obstetric anesthesia team. The patient requested her primary labor analgesia be provided with a remifentanil PCA. She was offered erector spinae plane catheters be placed as well, which she was willing to have placed, but requested a delay until later in the induction. The patient eventually asked for the catheters to be placed, but after discussion with the obstetric team, a decision was made to proceed with vaginal delivery due to the immanency of the birth. She required supplemental systemic medication in the form of propofol and ketamine due to significant pain, and difficult manual extraction of both placentas. She developed uterine atony following extraction and required placement of an intrauterine balloon for tamponade of postpartum hemorrhage. The patient had ongoing low back pain and visceral pain relating to the peripartum manipulation of the uterus, and again requested placement of an erector spinae plane block.
At this time, she was placed in a sitting position and a high frequency linear ultrasound transducer (Sonosite M-Turbo, Sonosite Inc, Bothell, Washington, USA) was used to identify the T10 spinous process. The transverse process and erector spinae muscle was identified on each side. On each side, a 20 g Touhy needle was placed in a cephalad to caudad direction until needle contacted the transverse process. 10 mL of normal saline was injected into the plane for hydro dissection, followed by 20 mL of 0.2% ropivacaine with 45 mcg clonidine and 4 mg dexamethasone.
Within 20 minutes of injection the patient reported significant improvement in her pain. This pain relief lasted for 12 hours following the injection, with an appreciable return of her pain promptly thereafter.
Epidural anesthesia is the primary means of labor analgesia in the United States, and is generally well tolerated with few contraindications. There are few reasonable alternatives for the laboring patient due to the nature of the pain and the potential harm to the fetus. Patients with preexisting pain and chronic opioid use have difficulty with pain control during this period as well, and neuraxial techniques have historically been very tolerated by this population. Outside of neuraxial anesthesia, paracervical block, pudendal blocks, lumbar sympathetic block, and TAP blocks have been the other regional techniques used in the peripartum period [13].
This represents a novel use of an ESP block in the peripartum period. While this patient likely would have had maximal benefit from placement of ESP catheters prior to delivery, she still benefitted markedly from single shot injections due to ongoing pain following her traumatic delivery. This patient had the unfortunate confluence of multiple issues, specifically her Tarlov cysts and the relative contraindication for neuraxial anesthesia, her chronic opioid use with buprenorphine, and her twin delivery. These ultimately made her peripartum pain control challenging. Prior reports have noted the relative ease of placement of the ESP block, as well as the theoretical safety when compared with an epidural or paravertebral block [7-10].
Placement of ESP catheters may allow for continuous labor analgesia, similar to labor epidurals placed currently. Potential benefits when compared with epidurals include placement in patients with anatomic abnormalities such as this patient, or with severe scoliosis, similarly, there is a potential in decreased sympathetic blockade when compared with epidural or spinal anesthesia. Total local anesthetic dose should be similar to labor epidurals when low concentration and high volume infusions are used. Data currently does not exist on the systemic absorption of local anesthetics in the ESP, but it appears to be an avascular plane. Given this, absorption is likely similar to Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) blocks and dosing may be comparable. Further investigations into the use of ESP blocks in the peripartum period should be pursued to better understand the capabilities and limitations of this technique.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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I've taken two more images for Project Blue that I really like and some macros of my jasmine bush that is blooming…well, sort of blooming. I think they flowers are struggling to open because there is so little sunlight now in winter. Perhaps it is the cold that has kept them closed, but they are
Image courtesy of Knysna.com Doesn't it look idyllic? This is where Rudi and I will be spending this weekend. I'm SO excited. I cannot wait to go there…I'm just wondering what on earth I'm going to do with Rudi in the car for SIX HOURS while driving there and driving back. Does anybody have any
I'm feeling really happy today. This feeling doesn't usually last very long with me so I'm going to enjoy it as much as possible! I've got a nice song in my head and I feel like bouncing around everywhere. Lovely! Working the weekend wasn't too bad. I'm just really glad it's over. I feel like
This entire week has been such a waste of time! We have so many public holidays in this week that there are only two working days…for normal folks that is. Monday – Public Holiday (I was off)Tuesday – Work (half day then spa)Wednesday – WorkThursday – Public Holiday (I will be off)Friday – Public Holiday
It is common knowledge in our office that Friday is crunch time. On a Friday all the portfolios try their utmost to complete the work till the latest hour possible to alleviate the work for the limited staff that work on weekends. Every Friday for the last couple of weeks 'something' has come up and
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I must apologize for my absence. I am completely snowed under at work. My supervisor has assigned everybody tasks. I have two projects to complete for the course I'm doing. I was out of the office for one day and I need to finish my normal workload. I'm not even sure if I'll get everything


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The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) recently announced that approximately 100,000 Covered California enrollees were transitioned from exchange plans into Medi-Cal managed care plans effective January 1, 2015. According to the DHCS bulletin, the affected individuals no longer qualify for Covered California products due to changes in their income and/or family size.
Enrollees whose Covered California plan also offers a Medi-Cal managed care plan in their area will transition to the matching Medi-Cal Managed care plan with no lapse in coverage. Those who had a Covered California plan that did not offer a Medi-Cal managed care plan in their area were automatically enrolled in a managed care plan in their county. Typically, when patients are transitioned to a different plan, there is an effort to maintain continuity of care by matching patients to plans that include their primary care physician. However, CMA has learned that this information was not available at the time of the transition, thus many of these patients were randomly assigned to a managed care plan.
Patients who wish to switch Medi-Cal managed care plans can do so at any time by calling Health Care Options at (800)-430-4263. Coverage will be effective in the following month.
In an All Plan Letter dated December 29, 2014, DHCS outlined continuity of care requirements of Medi-Cal managed care plans (page 5) for patients who are required to switch plans. Specifically, plans are required to contact affected patients within 15 days of enrollment to help the patient initiate the continuity of care process. Additionally, Medi-Cal managed care plans are required to honor prior authorizations for up to 60 days or until a new assessment is completed by the plan. For more information on continuity of care, see CMA On Call document #7051, "Contract Termination by Physicians and Continuity of Care Provisions," available free to members in CMA's online resource library.
Notices of the change were sent to patients by Covered California at the end of December and new ID cards were mailed the first week of January.
This change reinforces the importance of verifying eligibility each time the patient is seen to confirm their coverage, whether the physician is in-network with the plan and that the correct payor is billed. Physicians can access the Medi-Cal automated eligibility verification system using the patient's social security number if a patient does not yet have an ID card at the time of service.
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Got a feminist Work Wife in your life? In need of some serious gift inspo? This Christmas, instead of getting her some run-of-the-mill rubbish, treat a #girlboss to a unique gift that helps her to smash her goals, hit her deadlines and achieve her dreams. At J&R, we know how hard it is to be a woman in business. We can assure you that the Girlboss in your life is in need of some serious support.
When it comes to girl-power gifts, we've got you covered. Keep reading for our list of top picks from some of our favourite Girlboss brands.
1. Empowering Stationery
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Stationery is one of the biggest necessities for any working environment. Whether the Girlboss in your life is self-employed, working in a small startup, or part of a big corporation – notepads and pens are always a must. Instead of a bland Pukka Pad and a generic biro, why not gift stationery with some dazzling colours and motivational slogans that connect with feminists at work? Our faves are these Woman Power and Yes Girl Yes notebooks.
2. Bibles for Badasses
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Many of us tend to spend our commute or lunch break glued to our phones. Although, it would save us a lot of headaches, eye strain and guilt if we spent that time with our nose in a book. With this in mind, a feminist-centric book would make a fantastic present.
Our top picks are The Power by Naomi Alderman, Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies) by Scarlett Curtis, Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett, and Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay.
3. Pins against the Patriarchy
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Pins have been a popular trend for quite a while now, making them a great gift for the modern Girlboss. There are an abundance of amazing feminist pins that will jazz up a jacket whilst delivering important and inspiring messages.
Our favourite pin at the moment is Punky Pins' 'Empowered Women Empower Women' pin. This particular statement is one we are sure would make a badass badge of honour for a woman supporting other women in the male dominated world of work.
4. Protest Postcards
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Postcards can be a great gift to encourage someone to decorate their workspace. Paperchase sell a variety of motivational postcards centred around #girlpower. They can be placed on a notice board, displayed on shelves, framed or kept on someone's desk to give them a constant reminder that they should be working towards being the best Girlboss they can be. We recommend the Girls Support Girls and She Believed She Could So She Did cards from Paperchase.
5. Girlboss Garments
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If the Girlboss in your life is not limited by a strict dress code at work, why not gift them with some feminist fashion to make them feel proud to be bossing their job? Your best bet is a slogan t-shirt. You can get just about any slogan you want, including more female empowerment mantras than you could ever imagine. The best places to look are Feminist Apparel and Everything's Sweet Threads.
6. Caffeine Accessories
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A major part of work culture for most people is tea and coffee. With this in mind, a mug, flask, or keepcup would be an amazing gift. To make this usually generic gift fit for a Girlboss, take a look at brands like Fawcett whose products have some very suitable slogans like 'fabulous and feminist'.
7. Statement Jewellery
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If some of the more workplace-centric gifts do not appeal to you, then perhaps choose a gift that is on the sassier-side. Brands like Sour Cherry do some striking statement jewellery for the modern feminist that is sure to get the message across whilst looking pretty. Our personal all-time favourite are their Girlboss earrings.
8. Sassy Supplies
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With gifts, it's better to buy someone something they'd use but not necessarily get for themselves. You can find just about anything in a particular style you'd like, which also applies to feminism themed products . From calendars to mousepads, the internet has it all. Our favourite of which are these awesome coasters from Punky Pins.
9. Stocking Fillers
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Stocking fillers aren't just for kids, grown up girl bosses love to be treated as well. A great example of what to include are games that can be played with family and friends on Christmas Day. We found these Little Feminist Playing Cards and a Feminist Puzzle that fits the bill. Another recommendation would be the Personalised Feminist Gift Set – which contains a couple mini-gifts each perfectly suited for a stocking.
10. Self Care Saviours
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Smashing the patriarchy is hard work – sometimes a queen needs a little R & R. Something like a soothing scented candle that they could enjoy both at work or to unwind after a stressful day would be fab. Skincare can also make a lovely gift, our favourite brand being Glossier whose brand message is all about empowering women to love the skin they're in.
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Device Measures Eye Blinks to Determine Driver Drowsiness
"Drowsy driving injures and kills thousands of people in the United States each year. A device being developed by Vigo Technologies Inc., in collaboration with Wichita State University professor Jibo He and graduate students Long Wang, Christina Knopp and Utkarsh Ranjan, could alert drowsy drivers and avoid potential accidents," according to Science Daily. "He, director of WSU's Human Automation Interaction Lab, has teamed up with California-based Vigo Technologies to design and manufacture the device, a Bluetooth headset that fits on one ear and points an infrared sensor toward the eye to detect blinks, a commonly used indicator of driver drowsiness. It also monitors head movements." Read more.
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Francesco Bartolozzi RA
A Faun's Concert, ca. 1765
Etching and engraving
Sir Frank Brangwyn RA
The Market Stall, 1919
Oil on canvas
Sir William Chambers RA
Design, almost as executed, for the Temple of Diana, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: detail elevation of urn, c.1791
Pen with black and brown ink and coloured washes within ruled and wash border
After Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA
The Graces crowning the Bust of Raphael, 28 July 1788
Stipple engraving
Edward William Cooke RA
Keitonz, Arab tents at Sok de Burra, Tangier, February 1861
Pencil on wove paper
Richard Dalton
Christ with the two Disciples at Emmaus, 21 February 1753
Thomas Daniell RA
The Great Bull, an Hindoo Idol, at Tanjore, July 1798
Hand-coloured aquatint
Jean-Marie Delatre
Dido invoking the Gods, 15 March 1784
Stipple-engraving and etching
John Gibson RA
Psyche with either Venus or Proserpine, 1843
Pen and brown ink on wove paper
Sketch of a seated female figure holding an urn
Composition with an angel holding the hand of a seated woman
Pen and ink over pencil on wove paper
Sketch for a composition with an angel with a mourning woman
Nymph and Cupid or Infant Bacchus (?)
Pen and ink on cream wove paper
Antigone discovered over the dead body of her brother
Pen and ink and wash over pencil on wove paper
Kneeling woman holding an urn
Pencil over a sepia wash on wove paper
Woman and child with an urn
Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted
Pen and brown ink with wash over pencil on wove paper
Seated woman with an urn
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Kneeling woman with an urn
Study for a monument
Pen and ink with wash on cream wove paper
Attributed to Paolo Guglielmi
Nymph at the bath, by 1861
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After William Holman Hunt
Eliezar and Rebekah at the Well. / Wood engraving after W. Holman Hunt, as published in Dalziel's Bible. 1863.
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The Nursing of Bacchus, 20 February 1791
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The Ins and Outs, 2001
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Google to Test Audio Ads
News is emerging today that Google is planning on launching a beta of Audio Ads by the end of the year. It's previously dabbled in print advertising but now look like they're targeting radio according to a range of articles going around today. I wonder if they'll also do some cross over into Podcasting using the same technology.
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AdSense Add Targetable Custom Channels
AdSense have added a new targetable channels feature to their system that allows you to label channels so that advertisers can specifically target them for their ads to appear on.
This takes AdSense to a new level for advertisers as it will enable them to specify where on your pages they want their ads to appear (if you enable it).
Thinking this one through - there are a number of reactions that come to mind (I'm thinking out loud here on the fly):
- The first thing that came to my mind was - who could be bothered. I already have over 100 channels with names that would mean nothing to advertisers and the thought of going through them all and renaming and thinking them through isn't particularly appealing.
- I also immediately wondered whether this could lead to decrease competition for bidding on ads on ad units that were not quite as prominent (decreased competition means decreased ad value).
- On the flip side this could cause a bidding war on highly visible and sought after ad spots - increasing the cost per click. Smart publishers will probably set up targetable channels for their best ad positions.
- Then I wondered whether advertisers could be bothered with this level of targeting. Although - I suppose AdSense have tested this and found that it is something advertisers want.
- It'll only really work though if publishers use the channels. I think AdSense have a task in front of them to get this to happen and they'll need to prove its worth/benefits
Do you think you'll use them?
There's a little more information on targetable channels and how to set them up on this help page at AdSense.
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Linkbucks Beta
Another new advertising system that is causing a bit of a buzz at the moment is Linkbucks.com.
It's currently in beta (isn't everything these days?) and has a different model to many others (one I'm not sure I'd use personally).
From what I can tell - LinkBucks is different because it doesn't actually require you to place any ads on your site at all. Instead you insert code into your blog that displays ads after readers leave your blog either as an intermission ad (an ad that momentarily shows up before readers get to the new site) or as a banner ad showing at the top of the next site.
I'm not really a fan of this type of advertising as it interrupts a reader's experience and publishers using it run the risk of annoying those using their site (ironically one of the benefits that Linkbucks mentions of their system is that it helps you 'Extra Money without annoying people').
Payment isn't that lucrative either at $1 per 5000 top banner impressions or $1 per 3500 intermission impressions - that's a pretty low CPM, especially with such an intrusive type of advertising.
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BlogBurst Announces Rewards Program
BlogBurst has come out of Beta testing and is entering into a 'commercial offering' and has announced to it's bloggers that they are instituting a Rewards Program.
For those who don't remember - BlogBurst is a system that gives bloggers exposure in main stream media's online sites. They sell your content to online newspapers which until this point 'paid' you with a byline and link back to your blog.
Now however they'll be paying their Top 100 bloggers with a payment system that is quite different to anything I've seen before in the blogosphere. They are basing their rewards program upon a system like the PGA leaderboard where there is an amount that will be paid out each quarter which will be split between the top 100 in a prearranged way.
Position 1 will earn $1500, position 2 $1250, position 3 $1150 right down to positions 81-100 earning $50.
It's an interesting model and will of course appeal to their top bloggers and put offside a lot of the smaller publishers.
The actual numbers seem smallish to me (remember they are paying these amounts for 3 months rather than monthly) but then again I'm not privy to knowing how much of a blogger's content is actually used in that time. If it's just a few articles then it'd be fine but I'm not sure I'd want to be seeing my content appear on other sites regularly for around $16 per day ($1500 divided by 90 days).
I can see some bloggers are already concerned about the new system on the blogburst blog announcement for a number of reasons including that payments are currently only open to US based bloggers (as a non US blogger I know this would be frustrating. While I understand the complexities of international rules around tax I'm sensing quite a bit of frustration from the non US blogosphere on these types of issues lately (exclusive beta tests, ad networks not counting non US traffic, publishers being removed from ad networks for non being US based etc).
It seems that they are not keeping aside money earned by non US publishers for future payments which would have been one way to satisfy their high performing overseas publishers.
Having said all that - this is the first version of BlogBurst's rewards program and they do indicate that they are working on issues of non US publishers and will add more slots to the leader board as they grow so hopefully publishers will be fairly compensated in the future.
Hat Tip to Leigh and Michael for letting me know about this.
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Blog Hosting Recommendations
A number of readers have sent me emails in the last few days asking for advice on blog hosts.
I've always had my hosting through a private arrangement with a friend - so I'm not the best person to ask for recommendations - so I thought I'd open it up for readers to make suggestions.
Who do you use? What do you think of them? What advice would you give someone shopping for a host for their new blog?
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Skype 3.0 Beta - A Bloggers Paradise
Skype 3.0 (for Windows) has just been released in Beta and there is plenty for bloggers to be excited about in the new features being added.
Click to Call - The new release includes 'Click to Call' which allows website owners to put an icon on their blog or site which allows readers to simply click it to call the site owner via Skype (I can just see my productivity levels plummeting! This will be useful for many - although larger website owners could end up spending most of their day on skype.
One addition I'd love to see added would be to add a way to charge for skype calls for consulting work. To be able to have this 'click to call' functionality but to be able to charge per minute/hour etc and have the money earned go into a PayPal account would be an interesting feature to see added. Surely integration with PayPal is on the cards as both Skype and PayPal are owned by the eBay team.
Public Chats - Also in this release is 'Public Chats' which are text based chat rooms available to anyone with Skype to enter (think IRC chat rooms and you'll be on the right track). There will be moderation and the ability to promote your Public Chats via a link from your site. There are obvious applications here for bloggers wanting to create community interaction among readers.
Skypecasts - This was already in beta testing but looks to be being made available to a wider group of Skype readers. Skypecasts are really conference calls of up to 100 participants - controlled by a central moderator. Once again these can be promoted on a website or blog and i see plenty of applications both on blogs but also as a blog network operator trying to pull together bloggers for training sessions. Again - adding a way to charge participants to join calls would be of interest to many bloggers who would use it to run e-courses.
Skype 3.0 has other improvements to user interface and has the ability to show your 'favorite links' in your mood message (something bloggers will again love). Of course those of us on Skype for Mac and Linux will be a while off seeing most of this. Us Mac users are only just past Skype 2.0 and have only just had a stable version with video so I'm suspecting some of the above could take a while to see on our desktops.
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LoudLaunch to Launch and PayPerPost Accused of Manufacturing Controversy
LoudLaunch is yet another service that is aiming to connect bloggers with advertisers. They don't really give any information about it on their site yet but already there are comparisons to the controversial PayPerPost. It'll be interesting to see what they've learned from the PayPerPost fiasco.
Is PayPerPost Manufacturing Controversy?
Interestingly enough I was chatting with two people (update: it's now three) who have strong connections with PayPerPost over the last few days and they told me that the 'controversy' that has surrounded them has actually been manufactured as a strategy to cause buzz.
My sources tells me that PayPerPost have been creating and even fueling the controversy but have already got things in the pipeline that will change public perception of them and appeal to the wider blogging community.
They claim that PPP has been manipulating the blogosphere and every time a high profile blogger comes out against them that the PPP team silently cheers them on.
Interestingly they also claim that PPP has already gathered a large number of bloggers who support their service. I guess even scathing critiques of their service from A-listers (like TechCrunch) is enough for a certain percentage of their readers to sign up.
Sounds like 'link bait' on a fairly major scale.
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Performancing Partners to Add New Advertiser Options - Beta Testers Wanted
Performancing are Looking for a few beta testers for a new feature that they're adding to their new Partners Ad Network. The test seems to be allowing advertisers to use text ads instead of having to make the 125 x 125 pixel ads currently in the system. While I quite like the 125 x 125 ads as they currently are it makes sense to offer advertisers a variety of options as an incentive to use their system.
I've been lucky enough to attract 4 advertisers so far using Performaning's Partners program (there are still two ad spots left for sale for the month) but am hearing that this is not the norm for most publishers so far. From what I can see there have been new advertisers taking out ads over the last few days but I would think it is going to take a number of months for things to really ramp up and would advise publishers to be patient and not pin all their hopes on the one ad system. My approach has been to add a couple of my blogs to give them the opportunity to attract advertisers - but to also run other ad programs simultaneously (including BlogAds). In time I'm hopeful that advertisers will continue to come on board as it is a system with real potential.
I'm also thinking of becoming an advertiser also. I've previously used BlogAds to advertise key posts on my blogs and had real success. As I look around the Performancing advertisers section I can see some real value on offer in terms of potential sites to place an ad and in the coming days will probably dip my toe in the water and give it a go. I generally look for medium sized blogs to advertise on - blogs that are highly targeted to the niche of the site I'm advertising, blogs that have the ads in a good position (the higher on the page the better) and blogs that are well priced (I notice quite a few bloggers are choosing to price their blogs attrActively in the hope of getting advertisers interested). I'll give it a go later in the week and report back how I go.
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Speedlinking - 9 November 2006
- The AdSense blog tells publishers what advertisers have known for a month or two now - that they're basing how much they charge for ads on the quality of the landing page. This apparently means a 'higher quality' of ad should be being seen on our sites. While I'm all for quality ads it does make me wonder whether it also means less advertisers bidding for ads in the system and as a result a lower cost per click. Time will tell.
- David is thinking of Starting his personal Blog Over and talks us through how he's going to do it and some of the thinking behind it.
- TypePad Hacks is talking about keeping readers happy with Fast-Loading blogs.
- In the news here in Australia today is that Google has come out and said that new laws proposed by the Australian Federal Government could cause the internet to 'promptly grind to a halt'. The full story is here.
- Tim writes a post asking (and answering the question) What Does it Mean to Be a "Good Blogger"?
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Chitika Add New Sizes to ShopClouds
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