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One of the hardest things on the web has to be attracting an audience, and growing traffic to a brand new website. It's where traditional businesses moving to the web as a platform often falter; whilst they succeed at growing sales offline – growing traffic and sales online is a completely different ball game.
It is often the case that having a well designed, professional website, is only half the story, and you need the traffic to go along with it to get any real traction. I thought I'd take a look at some of the tips and pointers I'd give anyone to grow site traffic from a standing start.
Technical Platform
Choose a platform that gives you flexibility.
You will want to be able to write content anywhere, anytime from both desktop and mobile devices. Don't kid yourself that just because you can write HTML that you don't need a CMS, the flexibility of a CMS with extensive plug and play features wins out any day in my opinion. Web designers and developers are prime suspect numero uno for this mistake. It's ok to use a CMS guys, you'll release content much quicker as a result.
I'm a big fan of WordPress, and I've yet to find a site that wouldn't work on it as a platform. The following plugins are in my opinion essential installs for webmasters.
WordPress SEO by Yoast – Gives meta description and title live previews as you are writing, and in turn lines you up for pretty decent results in Google from the get go.
After the Deadline – Provides some basic grammatical checks on your content that helps Google realise you aren't a completely incompetent writer. It's based on some of the open source libraries available from OpenOffice, and given the recent guidelines by Google – post Panda update, makes sense. You do realise that they can work out the reading level required for your site? Here's an interesting infographic showing some of the major blogs on the web today, and how they rate in Google's eyes.
Subscribe to Comments – allows your readers to keep tabs on any discussion happening on your site, via email updates.
Related Posts / Popular posts – highlighting what a visitor should read next, or where the majority of your best material can be found is a great way to build trust and keep visitors on your site.
Here are some more SEO plugins, and this collection of marketing plugins also make a difference to your setup. If you aren't using WordPress, the principles behind why these were created still hold true, and you should look for alternative solutions if you can, regardless of platform.
Content Strategy
Decide on your Format
Decide from the outset on what format the content you create will take. By format I mean, will the main source of your traffic come from editorial content, user driven blogs, video, forums, or news articles. The way you layout and design your site should be focused on the type of content you create, for example, if you are primarily creating say, video content – you may want to introduce playlists or YouTube features into your design.
If you are encouraging others to contribute, the design should let them do that as easily as possible. There are of course niche WordPress themes pertaining and optimised for different content types.
User Generated Content
It is likely that you will be creating the content yourself in many cases until you get things off the ground, but to really scale out your site you will have to move towards bringing on more sources of content creation through your existing audience.
User generated content such as reviews of your products, or comments on articles can add much-needed value to your content, and often help you generate long tail traffic.
Many people are still scared of opening up their business to the web, and shy away from such activity for fear of damaging their brand. Proper moderation of content solves 99% of those concerns.
Know your own content
Unfortunately if your site revolves around user-generated content, sometimes you are going to miss the gems of content that really could generate links, and increase pageviews if promoted correctly. Keep your ears close to the ground if this is the case, with either internal reporting, or the new intelligence features within Google Analytics. This can help you spot increased / unusual activity on your own site which may indicate social activity such as shares.
Make it Unique
There are a plethora of websites which for one reason or another are competing in Google for the same traffic, with the same content. Some of these have legitimate reasons, in particular, content aggregators such as blog search engines suffer badly from this. If the majority of the content on your site is taken from other locations, and isn't unique, you are going to have to work even harder to avoid your site from being listed as poor quality.
It's important then, to supplement your commercial content with your own content that is adding value and separating you from the competition. If you are a site owner and you can't remember the last time you created content for your own website – fundamentally you are going to have a problem.
Research Successful Competition
Uncover the leading players in your niche. Research the content they produce, what has been popular, what hasn't. You can use any combination of the following techniques to work out what looks to be providing them with a good baseline of traffic, then adapt and improve upon their work in your own articles or approach. This collection of tools allow you to see easily what keywords they are ranking on, and providing them good volumes of traffic. Learn from that research.
Quantity and Quality
To get a site off the ground, you are going to need at minimum 100 pages of distinctive unique content, that can't be found anywhere else on the web. If you really want links from other locations on the web, that's the reality. The research that you've already performed based on what others have created, and what terms they are ranking on should influence the topics that you come up with. Go with articles over personal type content – no one cares about the latter.
Start your content creation with evergreen content – i.e. information that is useful, never goes out of date, and pulls in a steady stream of visitors all year round. You want your site to be seen by others as a resource hub that they return to for useful information, rather than purely a commercial venture. No one is going to link to a product online. What they will link to, is a resource showing how to use that product in interesting ways. Think sideways.
Look for an angle.
When news happens online that makes people react, or causes controversy, often there is a massive opportunity for traffic. Let say for example, that 'Spotify begin charging'. You can predict that people will start looking for alternatives to Spotify. (Notice the timing of this article). You can use this to your advantage in both organic and ppc campaigns to gain an audience. Take a look at what Ann Summers achieved with a similar strategy. Always be on the lookout for an evergreen angle on controversial news in your niche.
Recycle your content
Often one of the easiest ways to make your reach stretch a bit further is to reduce, reuse and recycle. By using a number of often overlooked sources for new content for your site, you'll be able to keep things fresh.
Make it link worthy
Average content isn't going to work online at bringing in traffic. You have to create great content and understand linkbait to make any headway.
Research Keyphrases
The key phrases you choose to chase can make a massive difference to your traffic, I've written on this before along with the keyword tools you can use to help you along. Don't expect to rank number one in Google for single word phrases, or indeed even double word phrases for a while. Think long tail.
Get your house in order
Even the best content in the world won't save you if your site isn't built with search engines in mind. At the very least make sure that it is crawlable by viewing your website in a text-based browser such as Lynx. This SEO checklist should help you rate the quality of your site currently, and help find areas for improvement.
Link out
Linking out to high quality websites can actually improve your ranking, contrary to popular belief. It also puts you on the map as far as other bloggers go, an important start in attracting incoming links.
Make it faster
Speed is the killer feature of your site, for every second that you can shave off the load time, you'll increase the length of time on your site, and improve the chances of someone subscribing, or viewing other pages on your site. Google are pretty obsessed with speed now as well, so review and work on improving the speed of your site from the get-go. Be warned, not every WordPress theme on the web gives as much attention to detail as there should be on speed. Install Firefox, and Firebug along with the YSlow plugin to learn more about the speed of your site and how it can be improved. I'm doing alot of caching and compression with (w3 total cache) as well as using a content delivery network through WordPress to improve speed.
Marketing / Promotion
Offer subscription to your content
Today's web visitor is a fickle one. New and exciting content from other publishers is only around the corner, so offering multiple ways of subscribing directly to your content makes sense. RSS subscription for those who understand what it is makes sense. Most visitors don't have a clue. RSS is fast being replaced by social tools such as Twitter and Facebook, and as such – it makes sense to have the following options:
1) Subscribe via email. A simple way of collecting email addresses from your visitors can be performed either via Feedburner (see some tips on usage over here, as it's a product I use myself), or MailChimp. With the latter, the sending of campaigns needs to be performed by you, so in most cases, Feedburner is a great option.
If you are technical and dedicated enough, a monthly roundup newsletter offering extra content not available on your main site is another great way of reaching yet another audience.
2) Subscribe via RSS. If you've got a technical audience, go for it, you could try explaining it to the masses.
3) Subscribe / Like via Facebook Facebook isn't just another fad. It has become a content hub in its own right, and you are going to want to have the ability to push your content to fans of yours when you choose. The building and managing of a Facebook page shouldn't be solely about you though. Mix it up a little. Shut up and listen.
4) Subscribe / Follow via Twitter – Twitter is another avenue to build an audience. Treat it with the same 'audience first, brand second' ethos as Facebook to really grow.
5) Subscribe via YouTube – If you've got video content of any kind, it makes sense to syndicate it on YouTube, along with video sitemaps and backlinks back to your website from the video page. The ability to subscribe directly to that content from YouTube will appeal to many of your visitors.
Join communities related to your niche
There are likely to be dozens of website containing visitors that are relevant to your site. You can use this to your advantage by being active in these communities and providing value there to build your brand. LinkedIn Answers is one which has proved particularly successful for me, both from a branding and audience perspective. Have a think about where your audience are likely to be, and how you can engage with them to bring them home to you.
Get it out there. Outreach and Outposts
Promotion matters. Having a good community built up around your site makes your content travel much further, which is why the bigger blogs keep getting bigger. For everyone else, you are going to have to promote the hell out of your content to get traction, and that means identifying chinks in your niche's armour, or building relationships with influencers to help you.
Measure return visitors.
Work on building returning visitors. It's extremely important that your content is good enough to bring people back over time It's a metric that shows if your site is working or not. Segmenting the traffic for return visitors as you scale up will help you identify what content has performed well before, in not only pulling in traffic, but building loyalty among your audience. Take a look at the 'Sticky' report for Google Analytics in this post to create the same report with your traffic.
If you are failing to bring a repeat audience in, think about building something that changes often, but no-one reports on. For example, if you are a financial blog, you may want to report on stocks no-one pays any attention to ordinarily, a dedicated index for penny stocks. If you run an e-commerce store, you might want to build something that shows the popularity of certain clothing brands on the social web over time. You get the picture.
Concentrate on measuring conversions
At the beginning of life for your site, it's going to be all about converting the trickle of traffic from content, into a flood of subscribers that you can market your content to later, and indeed who can help you market your content for you. For that reason, its extremely important to measure what sources of traffic convert into subscribers. I've written how to go about measuring that before.
Keep creating
Building a successful site online is as much about perseverance as anything. You don't have to be a genius in marketing to realise that it comes down to simple maths in many cases. 100 articles generating 10 visitors a day gives you a base line of 1000 visitors a day, and if you manage to get them to stick around and view 4-5 pages a visit, that's about 150000 pageviews a month. More than achievable for anyone dedicated enough to keep with it, and surely enough traffic to do something valuable with.
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Knowing the right types of words that searchers use in a toolbar of a search engine can help you to attract targeted web traffic to a website. It is very important that people seek and reach to your site with ease and it does not require that a site like a work of art must be created. Thanks for sharing the tips.
Thanks for the tips.
I'll be installing *at least* one of those plugins on my own web site…
Reading through this article has been a god send for me. I'm no web wizard, nor are any of my friends or colleagues, so the info and links placed here are really helping me understand what I need to do for my own web presence.
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Five county-based basketball players made ESPNRise's All-State Underclass Junior teams recently. Three county girls — Summit center Jillian Alleyne, Cajon guard Sophia Bhasin and Rialto center Denae Williams were among 20 recognized by the website for their achievements this past season. Bhasin and Wiliams were first-team all-Sun selections this past season while Alleyne was a second-team pick.
Two boys with county selections were among 15 juniors selected for the boys underclass team. Chino Hills native Grant Jerrett, who attends two-time defending state champion La Verne Lutheran, and Chino native Chris Reyes, who is at Damien, were both selected. Jerrett has verbally committed to the University of Arizona.
The complete teams:
Jordan Adams (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-1 PG
Jillian Alleyne (Summit, Fontana) 6-2 F/C
Aly Beebe (St. Joseph, Santa Maria) 6-5 C
Sophie Bhasin (Cajon, San Bernardino) 5-7 G
Kelsey Brockway (Palos Verdes, PV Estates) 6-1 C/F
Ashlie Bruner (Palisades, Pacific Palisades) 5-6 G
Elisha Davis (Berkeley) 5-8 G
Tia Dixon (San Diego) 5-7 G
Nyre' Harris (Lincoln, Stockton) 5-8 G
Lauren Holiday (Campbell Hall, North Hollywood) 5-9 G
Maya Hood (La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla) 5-10 F
Hannah Huffman (Carondelet, Concord) 5-10 G
Michelle Miller (Poly, Pasadena) 5-6 G
Terilyn Moe (Terra Nova, Pacifica) 5-9 G
Jeanier Olukemi (Brea Olinda, Brea) 6-0 F
Christine Salvatore (Canyon, Anaheim) 5-10 G
Imani Stafford (Windward, Los Angeles) 6-7 C
Annie Tarakchian (Chaminade, West Hills) 6-0 C
Keitra Wallace (Brea Olinda, Brea) 5-11 F
Denae Williams (Rialto) 6-1 F
Brandon Ashley (Bishop O'Dowd, Oakland) 6-9 C
Zena Esomwan (Harvard-Westlake, N. Hollywood) 6-8 F
Julian Harrell (Loyola, Los Angeles) 6-5 F
Grant Jerrett (Lutheran, La Verne) 6-8 C
Donovan Johnson (Palisades, Pacific Palisades) 6-0 G
Tajai Johnson (Vallejo) 6-2 G
Xavier Johnson (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-6 F
Joe Rahon (Torrey Pines, San Diego) 6-1 G
Katin Reinhardt (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-3 G
Chris Reyes (Damien, La Verne) 6-7 F
Matt Shrigley (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) 6-4 G
E.J. Twyman (Elsinore, Lake Elsinore) 6-1 G
Grant Verhoeven (Central Valley Christian, Visalia) 6-8 C
Tyrone Wallace (Bakersfield) 6-3 F
Gabe York (Lutheran, Orange) 6-3 G

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Twitter loves me, Twitter loves me not.
Getting found and heard on Twitter isn't as easy as the early days. Back then you could hang out and easily meet people at what was referred to as the largest online cocktail party.
Today you can still mix and mingle with top influencers, but the party is getting bigger and the saturation level is getting murkier. Twopchart's latest figures, and countdown chart, show Twitter growing at a rate of around 11 accounts per second and reaching 500 million registered users this month.
Why is Twitter winning the social media race as the "go to" platform for breaking news and influencing others whether you are a top tier journalist, celebrity, brand or personality?
Simplicity and Visibility
Twitter's popularity rose out of its simplicity. It's notoriously the first platform to break news, share news and indexes faster than Google. In this world of uber connectivity, being simple and being first is key to influence and attracting.
Twitter is also winning in visibility.
"Many of my clients get up to 26 percent of new traffic to websites or blogs from Twitter alone, particularly in the BtoB market," said SES Twitter expert panelist Tracy Falke, owner of social branding agency.
How can a brand best optimize with the times and stay in the tweet game without losing time and money? Let us count the ways…in fact there are so many way in the form of strategies, best practices, tools, apps and platforms that this will be the first of a series of Search Engine Watch posts dedicated to Twitter optimization.
Keep it Real
Make sure you mix real personality and a real voice to your tweets and avoid being a robotic-like Twitter messenger (a.k.a., spammer). Don't be afraid to mix a couple few human tweets in with your business related tweets. In order to be engaging and interactive like the social media best practices call for, there is an entertainment factor when it comes to Twitter.
"If you're going to join the conversation on Twitter, one of the most important things to remember is to keep it real," Falke said. "Talk about your favorite band or throw in a comment about something outside of business like yoga, something that shows you are real."
Optimizing the Twitter Profile
Optimizing your profile seems like a no-brainer, but it a social media shocker to see how many brands large and small skip some of these important strategies to rise above the competition. If you're still using the default egg as your image, it's time to invest into some serious social media makeovers or a boot camp.
Examining the Twitter profile from an SEO perspective, Kristi Hines, expert social media blogger of Kikolani, shares this advice for getting the basics right in the social media profile:
- SEO Title – Your Name (username) on Twitter: Your name under the Profile Settings and your username are the title tags for your profile. Keywords in your username are worthwhile if still available.
- Profile Image – Filename and Your Name as ALT Tag: When it comes to your profile image, be sure to optimize it with a branded image and also by using your name as the filename. Twitter will automatically use your name under the Profile Settings as the ALT tag for your profile image as well.
- Keywords in Your Bio: Your Twitter bio information is key and it is important to front load your bio with strategic keywords. Services like Klout pull your Twitter bio information as your Klout profile description. FollowerWonk, Formulists, and other Twitter search engines use keywords in your bio in search results when people are looking for similar tweeps to follow. You can also include a hashtag, link or another Twitter handle if applicable.
Tweet Structure
Dissecting the semantics of a tweet gives us some blueprint for a best practice, but keep in mind this isn't a one-size-fits-all deal. Keep it real and get in your own groove. This is the order for a best practice:
- Headline or phrase
- Link
- Hashtag – using hashtags that large influencers use will get you noticed by people in those niche circles
Hashtag Tips
The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a tweet. For best practices with hashtags, follow these expert tips:
- No more than three hashtags per tweet.
- Avoid starting a tweet with a hashtag, this gives a robotic and spammy impression.
- Find hashtags by performing a keyword search just like you would Google, use the ones that move fastest and seem to best fit your topic area.
- Hashtag caution: Too many hyperlinks (hashtags) will actually devalue the tweet.
"I am not a huge fan of using hashtags to attract clicks, but if done carefully you can get your carefully crafted clickbait in front of people who are monitoring or searching for them. I wouldn't sacrifice the quality of a good tweet headline for hashtags though," advises SES Twitter panelist Paul Madden.
Retweet Strategy
The act of forwarding another user's tweet to all of your followers; how you retweet is an important part of your Twitter strategy.
- If you are using the RT button on Twitter, just hitting the RT is reserved for high level influences.
- Cutting and pasting the Tweet into the Tweet box and the semantics of RT = Headline, link, hashtag, RT @______, your comment
- Your own comment or headline, your own content, link via @twitterID you are sourcing
- How to get indexed by Google: RT a very popular tweet that you want your name to be associated with
- Ask for it!
"If you make sure that any Twitter account you are involved with is fully engaged with people in a community or niche then you will attract retweets naturally, if you are perceived as a trusted friend then also don't be afraid to ask via DM for a retweet too," Madden said.
Twitter Measurement
If you track your Twitter progress using Google Analytics it lets you see important CEO metrics such as referring traffic to a website or blog. Bitly can also be used on a single account and multiple client accounts and has a Chrome extension that lets you shorten, share, and track links with your bitly account, right from your browser!
Twitter Favorites
Favorites, represented by a small star icon next to a tweet, are most commonly used when users like a tweet and wish to save it for later. For example, when someone tweets something nice about you, your brand, service, etc., mark it as a favorite so it is always saved to in your Twitter history. Otherwise it gets pushed into Twitter's vast, annoying to search archives and eventually becomes virtually impossible to trace.
To Be Continued…
So many Twitter tips, so little space. Watch for the next how to optimize Twitter in this multi-part series. Please feel free to make suggestions you would like to see covered in a Twitter social search strategy.
Related reading
Social media: How does it affect SEO?
It's not the actual social activity that matters, but what happens as a result of that activity. Three ways to harness the power of social media for SEO.


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A small piece of software engineered by a fan of The Pirate Bay allows users to find the website by typing in its real domain name, even if their ISP has blocked the site.
The utility, called the "ThePiratePatch," modifies a computer's "hosts" file, which is used to match domain names of websites with an IP address. ThePiratePatch, first reported by the file-sharing blog TorrentFreak, modifies the hosts file to direct requests for thepiratebay.se through proxy servers that aren't blocked by the ISP.
Users simply type The Pirate Bay's domain name into their web browser. ThePiratePatch automatically fetches the new addresses for valid proxies. Most of the time, the proxy servers are ones provided by the Pirate Party UK, according to "Qarizma," the online nickname of the person who wrote the utility. Pirate Party UK campaigns on digital rights related issues.
"As soon as the proxy goes offline I look for a new one and add it to the update file," Qarizma said. "So if the patch isn't working anymore, users just have to use the update function to apply the new proxy IP."
Despite years of legal wrangling, The Pirate Bay is alive and well to the chagrin of the entertainment industry, although recent court rulings have ordered ISPs to block it. On April 30, the UK's High Court ruled The Pirate Bay violated copyright law and ordered ISPs to block access. The ban, however, is easily circumvented using proxy servers and other means, such as VPN services.
The Pirate Bay indexes torrents, or small information files that are used in a BitTorrent application to coordinate the download of content from other users on the peer-to-peer file sharing system.
Qarizma, who alternately lives in the UK and the Netherlands, wrote on a forum in June that he developed ThePiratePatch after ISPs in the Netherlands blocked The Pirate Bay. "It's completely harmless and even better, it's completely legal," Qarizma claimed.
At the time, Qarizma wrote that it had been downloaded more than 4,000 times in a few hours. As of this morning, Qarizma said it had been downloaded about 10,000 times.
The entertainment industry has "so much power, all they need to do is lower the prices by at least 50%. And piracy will decrease. So they need to understand us first or they will face the pirates," Qarizma said.


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Located across from the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, those looking for a creative cocktail and quick dinner before the ballet or opera will find a warm oasis at Nikai, a funky space designed with retro leather sofas and low coffee tables as well as a stylish bar and handful of white-oak communal dining tables outfitted with comfortable Hiroshima arm chairs. Tucked away on the second floor of Momofuku's three-storey glass cube, this Asian-style lounge with textured white-oak walls and textured ceiling is accessed through sliding wood doors that resemble traditional Japanese shoji screens. With it's high perch overlooking Zhang Huan's spectacular 33-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture 'Rising,' Nikai serves both classic and original cocktails, plus Canadian whisky, beer, sake and wine. While enjoying one of Jonathan Gonsenhauser's playful cocktails such as 'Stolen Dance', 'Death in the Afternoon' or 'A Date with a Peach', diners can select from Nikai's extensive menu featuring dishes from both Daisho and Momofuku Noodle Bar. Although no reservations are taken here, Nikai can be a quieter dining alternative to the bustling Noodle Bar, if you're lucky enough to grab a table before the crowds descend.
View from Nikai to Momofuku Noodle Bar on the main floor
The enormous Steve Keene painting entitled 'Rust Never Sleeps' depicts
Neil Young and Crazy Horse playing Madison Square Garden in 1978
The sleek modern white oak interior of Nikai Bar & Lounge on the second floor of Momofuku
'Clouer de Genévrier' cocktail with gin, lillet blanc, dubonnet and rhubarb
'Rubus of the Rose' with raspberry, gin, cardamom and lime over one large ice cube
Shiitake Buns with hoisin, scallion and cucumber
Ginger Scallion Noodle with pickled shiitake, cucumber, cabbage and garnished with a sheet of nori
Momofuku Ramen with Kunan Farm pork belly & shoulder, fish cake and egg
Maple Root-Vegetable Stir-Fry with Sesame
Serves 8
Recipe courtesy of Momofuku
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 pound Jerusalem artichokes, scrubbed and sliced 1/3 inch thick
2 carrots, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
2 parsnips, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
1/2 lb fingerling potatoes, halved lengthwise
1 cup fresh lotus root, peeled and sliced - about 5 oz
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup soy sauce
A few drops of toasted sesame oil
1 tbspn toasted sesame seeds
2 scallions, thinly sliced
Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a large ovenproof frying pan, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the Jerusalem artichokes, carrots, parsnips and potatoes and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Transfer the pan to the oven and roast for about 20 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender.
Add the sliced lotus root to the pan along with the maple syrup and soy sauce, and cook the vegetables over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until the sauce becomes syrupy and the vegetables are glazed, about 8 minutes. Stir the sesame oil, sesame seeds and sliced scallions into the vegetables and serve immediately.
Milk Bar's Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes about 18 cookies
Recipes courtesy Christina Tossi, chef and owner Momofuku Milk Bars
1/2 lb unsalted butter, melted and just warm to the touch
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp nonfat milk powder
1 1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
12 oz semisweet chocolate chips or chocolate chunks
1/4 cup Maldon salt, for garish
Preheat the oven to 375°F. With a wooden spoon, mix the sugars together the melted butter and sugars until homogenous, about a minute. Add the egg and vanilla and stir until combined. Mix in the flour, milk powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and mix until evenly distributed. Form the dough into balls about the size of a golf ball and place about 2 to 3 inches apart on a parchment lined baking tray, and bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown around the edges but still soft in the middle. Cool completely on the pan, noting that the cookies will fall as they cool.


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Hello there, I've got a question about certain functions in Tag. My main question is how to set the title and track number from file name, as you can in id3 Editor (for mp3s). I want to be able to title all the songs in an album at once, without having to open each individual song in Tag and renaming them one by one. I'd just like to be able to title all of them at once. In addition, there is no "OK" button on the interface.
I'm using Tag 0.4.1, which is the latest version I can find for my Mac. I'm using Mac OSX 10.6.8. If there is a later version of Rag which is compatible with my OS, I'd love to know. I mainly want to use Tag to name all of my FLAC files. I'd appreciate any help and suggestions you could give. Thanks.
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Tag 0.4.1 is a different application (confusingly, because it has the same name and is from the same developer). Tag 0.4.1 is software from sbooth.org (see "Tag" forum below) while this forum is for Tag from Feisty Dog software.
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The protopunk pioneer passed away in his sleep last night (July 16)
The music world has reacted to the death of Suicide's Alan Vega.
The singer of the New York protopunk band passed away in his sleep last night (July 16), aged 78.
"Just remembering how Alan Vega would sing his Je T'adore (spelling?) to me & Perri Lister when we attended his solo gigs early 80's…" wrote Billy Idol on Twitter.
Bella Union boss and former Cocteau Twins member Simon Raymonde wrote: "RIP Alan Vega so much of your music accompanied my life. My oldest buddy Stan and I loved you from the start. And Collision Drive sooo good."
See more reactions to Vega's passing below.


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Ray J to open up about Kardashian romance in tell-all
WHITNEY HOUSTON's on/off boyfriend RAY J is to reveal all about his brief romance with socialite KIM KARDASHIAN in a new book.
The singer and reality TV star will reportedly open up about his one-time sex tape partner in Death of the Cheating Man.
Co-author Maxwell Billieon tells Life & Style magazine Ray J just wanted to "tell the truth" - and he insists there are extracts that will shock and surprise fans, including his ex's lingerie fashion shows and her 'how-to-win-a-man' manual.
The star admits he and Kardashian split after she became too possessive.
He writes, "She wanted to know where I was at all times. She literally thought I was cheating with every girl I ran across."
The details of the new book could not have come at a worse time for Kardashian, who is currently in the middle of a divorce battle with her husband of 72 days, Kris Humphries.


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Discover Nashville Food Tour
Friday, January 25,2019 from 10:00am to 1:15pm
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The new McLaren MP4-25
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Yesterday the McLaren team unveiled the 2010 car for the new F1 season
Jenson Button, last years champion, has joined the previous champion Lewis Hamilton
For the first time in a long time, there will be two bloody good drivers in the same team, competing for top spot, and winning points for the constructors championship
Normally lesser drivers are chosen to drive alongside the big guns, like Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna
Could be an interesting season. Richard Williams writing in the Guardian today says
"I actually called Martin and said, 'What do you think about Jenson?'" Hamilton said during today's launch of McLaren's 2010 grand prix car. "It was before the negotiations started. I was calling to ask what was happening, and I was told who they'd been talking to. I was trying to find out because people kept asking me. I was happy with the team-mate I already had but it seemed like they were looking for someone else. I have absolutely no input into it but I said, 'Have you talked to Jenson?' He's the best driver there is and they wanted to get the best driver possible."Eyebrows were raised at this claim, coming from a competitor in a sport where it is acknowledged that every driver's first challenge is to grind his team-mate into the dust, as Hamilton did to Heikki Kovalainen, Button's predecessor, last season


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JetBrains has announced availability of Release 4 of its TeamCity continuous integration server and distributed build management tool. TeamCity automates routine procedures, improves team communication, and helps development teams implement agile methodology and other industry best practices.
"Since its creation, TeamCity has been a key element in our own development process," said JetBrains CEO Sergey Dmitriev. "The production TeamCity server at JetBrains is currently having over 50 build configurations in a build grid with more than 50 build agents, with literally every project and every developer using it on a daily basis. With features such as fast feedback on build progress, pre-tested commits, and server-side code analysis with over 600 code inspections, TeamCity tremendously shortens the time needed for introducing new features and fixes, and helps us achieve higher end-product quality at a faster pace than ever before."
Specific TeamCity 4.0 features include:
- Build Chains support which lets you break down a single build procedure into several parts/builds that can be run on different build agents, in sequence or in parallel, using the same set of sources in all of them
- Tests re-ordering. TeamCity 4.0 can determine a set of tests which are likely to fail, and perform those tests first the next time the project builds
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Here's my contribution to the May vegetarian theme:
3 medium sized ripened tomatoes with lots of flavour
1 garlic clove - grated with a wasabi grater, crushed or finely chopped
1 tablespoon of rinsed capers, chopped
8 olives, sliced (I use green, manzanilla olives)
1 finely sliced shallot (alternatively, use scallion/spring onion or a small piece of onion)
3 to 4 tablespoons of good olive oil
enough dried pasta (your choice) for two portions
optional - 2 finely sliced jalapeño peppers (I recommend 'la preferida' brand, unsliced, available canned from the "whole foods" chain)
1. If peeling the tomatoes do this now (I rarely bother)
- to peel tomatoes, score them lightly, dunk them in boiling water for 10 seconds and then dunk them in ice cold water, skins should slip off easily
Cut the tomatoes into small cubes, lay them on a flat chopping board, sprinkle with a generous teaspoon of sea salt and leave the board propped up at an angle over the sink. Surplus liquid from the tomatoes will eventually start to drain away and run into the sink (you can gently press down onto the tomatoes with your palms from time to time to help the process along)
2. In a large bowl, add the olive oil, add the garlic, capers, olives and shallot (jalapeños also, if using). Stir and leave the flavours to infuse together (salt will come from the tomatoes)
3. In boiling salted water, cook enough pasta for two portions according to preference.
4. Just before the pasta is ready, add the prepared tomatoes to the oil and 'sauce' ingredients in the bowl and mix together.
5. Once the pasta is done, drain it thoroughly, and, whilst still piping hot, add it to the bowl of tomatoes and quickly stir together. Season to taste and add to bento.
(If making for an omnivore who demands some sort of flesh, canned tuna can be added.)
This sounds yummy. I've never used capers before, so I think I shall have to indulge...I'm pretty sure I'd like them, but I'll not know til I try!
sounds great!!!
how much time does it take? I mean, can you drain the tomatoes while cooking the pasta? :)
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The longer you can 'drain' them the better, but yes, you can (and I often do).
As you live in Madrid you probably don't use a kettle to heat water up with, so that should give you plenty of time!
I've still a lot to learn about tomatoes - personally, I'm convinced the best part is in the membranes around the little seeds, so I like to keep this in recipes. But I accept that tomatoes get too watery. This tip on draining them I learned from Italian friends and seems to be an excellent compromise. If you have a sieve with a fine mesh it might be quicker to lightly salt the chopped tomatoes and sit them in there to drip whilst you're preparing the pasta.
And another tip, I forgot to mention in the recipe that I use salted capers (which I rinse of salt). I know these aren't so easy to get in Spain (unless you have the foresight to pick them yourself and pack them in salt or go to a place that specialises in Italian food), go easy with the vinegared kind.
mmm, it's ok I don't like capers that much ;)
Maybe you can grat the tomatoes with a cheese grater (my mum does it for pizzas and it's GOOD!), but maybe it's too watery... I don't know :)
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Facts and Statistics
Providing facts about sexual abuse is one of the ways to raise awareness about sexual abuse. Awareness of the facts is one of several preventive measures that can be taken to assist you in making better decisions to keep you and someone you know safe.
The facts and statistics provided below are selections from studies and provide factual information based on the research team's findings. The information is not intended to diminish the possibility of risk to you or someone you know. The facts and statistics presented are divided into several categories:
Sexual Abuseback to top
- Approximately 30% of sexual assault cases are reported to authorities. 3
- 9.3% of cases of maltreatment of children in 2012 were classified as sexual abuse. 9
- 62,939 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in 2012. 9
- According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Criminal Victimization Survey, in 2012, there were 346,830 reported rapes or sexual assaults of persons 12 years or older. 17
- In 2010, 12% of rapes and sexual assaults involved a weapon. 13
- In 2010, 25% of the female victims of rape/sexual assault were victimized by strangers. 13
According to "Have Sexual Abuse and Physical Abuse Declined Since the 1990s?" an article released by the Crimes Against Children Research Center in 2012: 19
- There was a 56% decline in physical abuse and a 62% decline in sexual abuse from 1992 to 2010.
- Despite some skepticism of reporting methods by various agencies, declines in child physical and sexual abuse since the 1990s, as reported to National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), reflect a true decline in prevalence.
Victims of Sexual Abuse back to top
- About 20 million out of 112 million women (18.0%) in the United States have been raped during their lifetime. 12
- Only 16% of all rapes were reported to law enforcement. 12
- In 2006 alone, 300,000 college women (5.2%) were raped. 12
- Among college women, about 12% of rapes were reported to law enforcement. 12
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey on the national prevalence of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking found:
- 81% of women who experienced rape, stalking, or physical violence by an intimate partner reported significant short- or long-term impacts. 18
- About 35% of women who were raped as minors also were raped as adults, compared to 14% of women without an early rape history. 18
- 28% of male rape victims were first raped when they were 10 years old or younger. 18
Child/Teen Victims
- In a 2012 maltreatment report, of the victims who were sexually abused, 26% were in the age group of 12–14 years and 34% were younger than 9 years. 9
- Approximately 1.8 million adolescents in the United States have been the victims of sexual assault. 4
- Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that approximately 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18. 1
- 35.8% of sexual assaults occur when the victim is between the ages of 12 and 17. 1
- 82% of all juvenile victims are female. 5
- 69% of the teen sexual assaults reported to law enforcement occurred in the residence of the victim, the offender, or another individual. 5
- Teens 16 to 19 years of age were 3 ½ times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.6
- Approximately 1 in 5 female high school students report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. 7
Disclosure Among Victims back to top
- Not all sexually abused children exhibit symptoms—some estimate that up to 40% of sexually abused children are asymptomatic; however, others experience serious and long-standing consequences. 1
- A common presumption is that children will give one detailed, clear account of abuse. This is not consistent with research; disclosures often unfold gradually and may be presented in a series of hints. Children might imply something has happened to them without directly stating they were sexually abused—they may be testing the reaction to their "hint." 14
- If they are ready, children may then follow with a larger hint if they think it will be handled well. 14
- It is easy to miss hints of disclosure of abuse. As a result, a child may not receive the help needed. 14
- Disclosure of sexual abuse is often delayed; children often avoid telling because they are either afraid of a negative reaction from their parents or of being harmed by the abuser. As such, they often delay disclosure until adulthood. 14
- Males tend not to report their victimization, which may affect statistics. Some men even feel societal pressure to be proud of early sexual activity, regardless of whether it was unwanted. 1
- Studies of adults suggest that factors such as the relationship to the perpetrator, age at first incident of abuse, use of physical force, severity of abuse, and demographic variables, such as gender and ethnicity, impact a child's willingness to disclose abuse. 21
When children do disclose: 21
- It is frequently to a friend or a sibling.
- Of all other family members, mothers are most likely to be told. Whether or not a mother might be told will depend on the child's expected response from the mother.
- Few disclose abuse to authorities or professionals.
- Of all professionals, teachers are the most likely to be told.
- Historically, professionals promoted the idea that children frequently report false accounts of abuse. Current research, however, lacks systematic evidence that false allegations are common. Recantations of abuse are also uncommon. 21
Abuse via Technologyback to top
- Approximately 1 in 7 (13%) youth Internet users received unwanted sexual solicitations. 8
- 9% of youth Internet users had been exposed to distressing sexual material while online. 8
- Predators seek youths vulnerable to seduction, including those with histories of sexual or physical abuse, those who post sexually provocative photos/videos online, and those who talk about sex with unknown people online. 10
- 1 in 25 youths received an online sexual solicitation in which the solicitor tried to make offline contact. 10
- In more than one-quarter (27%) of incidents, solicitors asked youths for sexual photographs of themselves. 10
- The most common first encounter of a predator with an Internet-initiated sex crimes victim took place in an online chat room (76%). 16
- In nearly half (47%) of the cases involving an Internet-initiated sex crimes victim, the predator offered gifts or money during the relationship-building phase. 16
- Internet-based predators used less deception to befriend their online victims than experts had thought. Only 5% of the predators told their victims that they were in the same age group as the victims. Most offenders told the victims that they were older males seeking sexual relations. 16
- 15% of cell-owning teens (12–17) say they have received sexually suggestive nude/seminude images of someone they know via text. 11
- Of respondents to a survey of juvenile victims of Internet-initiated sex crimes, the majority met the predator willingly face-to-face and 93% of those encounters had included sexual contact. 16
- 72% of teenagers and young adults believe that digital abuse is something that should be addressed by society. 16
- 11% of teenagers and young adults say they have shared naked pictures of themselves online or via text message. Of those, 26% do not think the person whom they sent the naked pictures to shared them with anyone else. 20
- 26% of teenagers and young adults say they have participated in sexting (12 different forms of sexting were examined), a 6% decline since 2011. 20
- Nearly 40% of young people in a relationship have experienced at least one form of abuse via technology. A large majority (81%) say they rarely or never feel their significant other uses technology to keep tabs on them too often. 20
Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse back to top
- An estimated 60% of perpetrators of sexual abuse are known to the child but are not family members, e.g., family friends, babysitters, child care providers, neighbors.
- About 30% of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are family members.
- Only about 10% of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.
- Not all perpetrators are adults—an estimated 23% of reported cases of child sexual abuse are perpetrated by individuals under the age of 18.
- Fact Sheet: What You Need to Know About Sex Offenders (pdf)
RReferencesback to top
- "Child Sexual Abuse: What Parents Should Know," American Psychological Association. (http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/child-sexual-abuse.aspx) (February 19, 2014)
- Douglas, E., and D. Finkelhor, Childhood Sexual Abuse Fact Sheet, Crimes Against Children Research Center, May 2005. (http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/factsheet/pdf/CSA-FS20.pdf) (December 21, 2011)
- Finkelhor, D., "The Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse," Future of Children, 2009, 19(2):169–94.
- Kilpatrick, D., R. Acierno, B. Saunders, H. Resnick, C. Best, and P. Schnurr, "National Survey of Adolescents," Charleston, SC: Medical University of South Carolina, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, 1998.
- "Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics," U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000.
- "National Crime Victimization Survey," U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1996.
- Silverman, J. G., A. Raj, L. A. Mucci, and J. E. Hathaway, "Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality," Journal of the American Medical Association, 2001, Vol. 286 (No. 5).
- Wolak, J., K. Mitchell, and D. Finkelhor, "Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later," National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 2006. (http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/publications/NC167.pdf) (December 21, 2011)
- "Child Maltreatment 2012," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau.
- Wolak, Janis, David Finkelhor, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and Michele L. Ybarra, "Online 'Predators' and Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment." American Psychologist, 2008, 63:111–128. (http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/Am%20Psy%202-08.pdf) (December 21, 2011)
- Lenhart, Amanda, "Teens and Sexting." Pew Internet & American Life Project, December 15, 2009. (http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Teens-and-Sexting.aspx) (December 21, 2011)
- Kilpatrick, Dean G., Ph.D., Heidi S. Resnick, Ph.D., Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Ph.D., Lauren M. Conoscenti, M.A., and Jenna McCauley, M.S., "Drug-Facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study," July 2007. (https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/219181.pdf) (December 21, 2011)
- Truman, Jennifer l., Ph.D., BJS Statistician, "National Crime Victimization Survey 2010," U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 2011. (http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv10.pdf) (December 21, 2011)
- Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc., "Child Sexual Abuse–It Is Your Business." p.10. (https://www.cybertip.ca/pdfs/C3P_ChildSexualAbuse_ItIsYourBusiness_en.pdf) (November 1, 2012)
- The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, "Sex and Tech–Results From a Survey of Teens and Young Adults." (http://thenationalcampaign.org/sites/default/files/resource-primary-download/sex_and_tech_summary.pdf) (December 21, 2011)
- Wolak, Janis, David Finkelhor, and Kimberly J. Mitchell, "Internet-Initiated Sex Crimes Against Minors: Implications for Prevention Based on Findings from a National Study," Journal of Adolescent Health, 2004, Vol. 35 (No. 5), pp. 11–20. (http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV71.pdf) November 11, 2010
- Truman, J., L. Langton, and M. Planty, "Criminal Victimization 2012," U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, October 2013. (http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv12.pdf) (February 19, 2014)
- "NISVS: An Overview of 2010 Summary Report Findings," Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention. (http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/cdc_nisvs_overview_insert_final-a.pdf) (February 19, 2014)
- Finkelhor, D., and L. Jones, "Have Sexual Abuse and Physical Abuse Declined Since the 1990s?" Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire. (November 1, 2012)
- Tompson, T., J. Benz, and J. Agiesta, "The Digital Abuse Study: Experiences of Teens and Young Adults," AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, October 2013. (http://www.apnorc.org/PDFs/Digital%20Abuse/AP-NORC%20Center%20and%20MTV_Digital%20Abuse%20Study_FINAL.pdf) (February 19, 2014)
- Allnock, D., "Children and Young People Disclosing Sexual Abuse: An Introduction to the Research," Child Protection Research Department NSPCC Fresh Start. April 2010. (http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/briefings/children_disclosing_sexual_abuse_pdf_wdf75964.pdf) (June 16, 2014)
- Banks, D., and T. Kyckelhahn, "Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008–2010," Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents Series, Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2011. (http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2372) (June 16, 2014)


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It's that unmistakable time of year again, when harsh reality sets in, playoff hopes dim and suddenly things suspected for weeks, if not months, are confirmed by players and coaches.
You see it in owner Mark Davis telling colleague Tim Kawamami that his team is nearing the end of a two-year deconstruction phase and about to embark upon a reconstruction phase. It comes in the form of safety Charles Woodson's candid critiques of his team's play. And so on.
The message is clear: There's only so much the Raiders can do right now, given their lack of salary-cap room, which resulted in general manager Reggie McKenzie filling out his roster with a slew of players that commanded base salaries for $1 million or less in most cases.
Next season, McKenzie will be flush with cap room — some estimates place it in the $70 million range — and able to arm his coaches with a much-needed infusion of talent.
Perhaps on cue, coach Dennis Allen, offensive coordinator Greg Olson and defensive coordinator Jason Tarver, along with players, are sending out not-so-subtle messages that a lack of depth and talent played a huge role in the Raiders losing nine of their first 13 games and that more time and patience are needed.
"You have this collective group, and it was built here and it was built here through every means that we had to get here for this year, and we all understood that when we took this," Tarver said in talking about the growing pains of his troops. "I knew when I walked in this building, I grew up sitting in the Black Hole, and that's what I wanted to do. I wasn't walking into any building, I was happy at the place I was.
"This was a challenge. This was a chance to try everything you've learned and see how you can get these guys, which you knew was going to be a different group because you knew what the situation of the organization was."
Last week, Olson offered this about why the Raiders offense lacked continuity.
"When you look before the season started and what are the Raiders, where are the Raiders going to be? Certainly our goal is to score more points," Olson said. "Has that happened? Have we scored more? No we have not done that. I believe that part of it is lack of continuity, part of it is lack of depth.
"When you look back at the beginning of the season, and where we're at, everyone has injuries. Those teams that may not be as talented, when they have injuries during the season, it takes a bigger toll in my opinion. That's been a big part of it is the constant turnover and the constant changes in the lineup."
None of the coaches is making excuses. They're simply pointing out things that manifested themselves as the season progressed, regardless how staunchly they refused to accept the possibility of such earlier.
On Thursday, Allen pointed out what the Raiders offense was reduced to for the Jets game, when opening-game starters Terrelle Pryor, Darren McFadden and Denarius Moore weren't in the lineup, along with key backup Rashad Jennings.
"Every one of our skill players in the Jet game were undrafted free agents," Allen said. "It speaks to what those coaches have been able to do with those players. It speaks to those players and their determination and their work ethic and how they go about doing their job.
"Also it's one of those things where that's something we have to continue to always develop our roster and try to add pieces here and there that we think can help us."
Strong safety Tyvon Branch chimed in, saying that the Raiders, indeed are closer to being a team capable of competing for a Super Bowl title.
"I'm sure we're going to do some things in the offseason, bring some new guys in," Branch said. "That's the way the NFL works. New guys come in all the time. So, with all the money we got freed up, they're going to go out and chase some big-time names. Hopefully, we can bring some guys in and help us turn this thing around."
How does Branch know that the Raiders are closer this season than they were last season? The proof comes in the Raiders being in all but three games this season.
"We're making strides in the right direction," Branch said. "It's not like the Raiders of old, you know what I'm saying?"
When asked to clarify, Branch added:
"We're actually in these games. Years past, it was like we just lost. We're actually in these games and we have a chance to win in the fourth quarter. Once we learn to execute down the stretch, it's going to turn everything around."
In fairness, they are dead on in their responses as to why the Raiders defense is "worn down" at times, as Allen said after the past two games, or as to why a defense that looks top notch at times other times breaks down, or about the struggles of an offense that has not scored more than 28 points in any game.
— Olson said Matt McGloin audibled out of a bad play call, based on the way the Jets defense lined up, and changed to a run on the play in which Marcel Reece bolted up the middle for a 63-yard touchdown.
"The timing of getting the ball out, getting through his progressions, he's shown improvement in that area and just the overall understanding the protections, getting us out of bad plays and into good plays," Olson said. "Marcel's touchdown run was a check on his part at the line of scrimmage, understanding what the front was that they were giving us and we needed to get out of the initial play that we had given him and he got us into the touchdown run. He's just getting more comfortable overall with the scheme and how we want him to operate it."
— By Allen's estimation, the Raiders eight different lineups with their offensive line the first 13 games. In other words, things don't quite look the way Allen, Olson and offensive line coach Tony Sparano envisioned back in April.
"Yyet, we're still fourth in the league in rushing," Allen said. "Tony Sparano has done a great job with that offensive line. Ole has done a nice job of doing some things that those guys can do well and putting them in a position to have success."
The Raiders lost potential starter Tony Bergstrom to injury before the season started. Jared Veldheer suffered a torn triceps during training camp that required surgery, and he missed the first 11 games. Projected right offensive tackle Menelik Watson suffered a knee injury during an exhibition game and never regained full strength. Center Stefen Wisniewski, left guard Lucas Nix and right guard Mike Brisiel also missed time with injuries, as well as backup Andre Gurode.
— Allen said defensive tackle Vance Walker is "very questionable" for the Chiefs game as a result of the concussion Walker suffered against the Jets. Walker missed practice Wednesday and Thursday because he experienced concussion-related symptoms.
— The Raiders signed wide receiver Jared Green and linebacker Eric Harper on Wednesday to their practice squad. It's worth noting that they also worked out running back Jonathan Grimes, cornerback Travis Howard and receiver Dwight Jones.
None of the three was signed. However, it points out that the Raiders are concerned about depth at those positions for the remainder of the season and shows that the team always is on the lookout for players that might provide an upgrade, even if it's down the road.
— Bears coach Marc Trestman made good on his stated intent to give back the starting job to Jay Cutler once Cutler returned from a sprained ankle.
That seemed like a given when the injury happened. However, backup Josh McCown played so well during Cutler's absence that some wondered whether going back to Cutler was such a wise move.
This is interesting to Raiders fans if only for how it ties in to the Raiders quarterback situation this season. Pryor started eight of the first nine games this season — Matt Flynn started one game while Pryor recovered from a concussion — before he was sidelined by a right knee injury.
Once Pryor recovered well enough to play again, McGloin remained the starter. The big difference here is that coach Allen never promised Pryor the job once he returned from injury.
Also, there's the matter of Cutler being one of the league's most experienced quarterbacks and getting paid far more than McCown.
— Here's Olson's explanation for inserting Pryor into the Jets game after McGloin guided the Raiders offense the first two drives, then resumed control once Pryor engineered one series.
"We thought we could come back to it," Olson said. "Again, there were plans, we talked at halftime and talked with Terrelle, 'Hey, just stay ready at all times,' but we got into a pretty good flow and rhythm in the second half so at that time we didn't feel the need to get back to it.
"That's going to be a part of us, especially in a situation like that where you're missing three tailbacks. For the outside people, they looked at it as we pulled Matt McGloin and were trying to provide a spark and that wasn't the case whatsoever.
"From the very start, in the first team meeting that we had on Wednesday, 'Here's what we're going to do.' We could be up 14-0 after the first two series of the game, we could be two three-and-outs, but on the third series of the game, we're going with the Terelle Pryor package, so here's the plays we're going to run in it. Obviously we practiced the plays in advance and that was the plan going in."
— Branch, TE Nick Kasa, LB Sio Moore and WR Denarius Moore were limited in practice today. It's likely that all will be available for the Chiefs game.


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I'm making a documentary about the yarn graffiti movement and I'm writing about it here.
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Believe it or not but I feel like one of the hardest things in filmmaking is coming up with a good title. Titles can make or break your movie. If you have a good title, it might entice someone to be curious enough to go see it. A good title should be catchy, yet leave you wanting more. If it's too long people don't say or don't say it right. Plus if it's long then the font will be smaller on a movie poster or post card. If it's too short or obscure people won't have any idea what your movie is about. "There exist single-pronoun films that are considered classic. Two come immediately to mind: Them and It (The Terror from Beyond Space). Somehow those two titles inspire a sense of dread. On the other hand, They conveys nothing—and is only marginally better than its clunky alternate title, Wes Craven Presents: They." (06.28.10 | Jason Marcewicz ) There is obviously a happy medium but I'm not sure if there is a good criteria.
I'm struggling with giving my movie a title. I've honestly just been calling it Yarn Graffiti Documentary but that is very long and not exciting at all. John likes City in Stitches or Cities in Stitches. He also thinks that Yarn Bombers or Yarn Bomb would be ideal. I'm not sure if Leane and Mandy have that term trademarked or whatever. Some people I met at the Knitted Wonderland installation came up with City Stitchers but John pointed out that sounds silly and almost cartoony. There are a lot of puns with knitting lingo but I don't want to exclude crocheting. I like the term "Fiber Artists" because it includes everyone but I'm not sure if that's a title and it sounds more arty and less graffiti thug-y. I'm working on my treatment and I keep referring to my doc as "Untitled Yarn Graffiti Documentary" which is clunky and not working for me. I'm frustrated. I need help. Any ideas?
The other thing is that it's still early to glue myself to a title. For example, if the documentary takes on a heavy feminist element I could call it Femiknitist. How can I come up with a great title when I've only filmed like 1/6 of the material?
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I like all those suggestions. Simple "Yarn Graffiti" works too. I also like including "artists" in the title -- Yarn Bomb Artists, Yarn Graffiti Artists, or simply "Grafitti Artists" with the title stitched...ReplyDelete
Anyhow, I want to see the whole documentary already.
People posted some great suggestions everywhere except here which is funny.ReplyDelete
Here are some suggestions I will keep in mind:
Knit the System
The Ties That Bind Us
The Longest Yarn
Knit Happens
Yarn Graffiti
Yarn Bomb Artists
Fiber Artists
Women of the Night
And here are some "others"
Yarn Pr0n
Graffiti Artists
Hi Sarah, it was great to meet you the other night! Can't wait to see how this develops!ReplyDelete
Let's get together soon and talk fiber. The term "fiber art" includes the arts of spinning, spindling and hand dyeing/hand painting. You could include those in your film, too (I hope!).
I'll call you this week to talk again!
i like yarn bomb/bombing/bombers.. any form of the word!ReplyDelete
I like "yarn graffiti". It really says what it is which is decorating/creating art on buildings and other surfaces.ReplyDelete


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